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The Premier League's sixth placed team will qualify for the Champions League places for the first time next season if West Ham finish fifth and win the Europa League.
The progress of Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and West Ham to the quarter-finals of this season’s European competitions means the Premier League are set to receive one of two extra Champions League spots allocated to countries with the best UEFA ranking, with the fifth-placed qualifying position passing to the sixth team in the Premier League if the same club also qualify by winning a UEFA trophy.
Although currently 11 points off fifth West Ham appear more likely to finish in that position than title-chasing Arsenal, City and Liverpool.
The Premier League would not get an extra Champions League place if a club finishing in the top four also win a trophy however, in which case that spot would be allocated to another country.
Man City are through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League once again
Arsenal are also into the last eight, and there could be as many as six English clubs in the Champions League next season
The FA’s review of the approval process behind England’s controversial new Nike kit has already discovered that more rigorous the checks and balances were in place under previous regimes at Wembley.
Mail Sport revealed last week that the reworked St George’s Cross on England’s new home shirt was signed off by former FA commercial director Nav Singh in a streamlined
