Newcastle United handed UEFA Champions League boost

Five Premier League teams will qualify for the Champions League next season - at least. Newcastle United currently sit fifth in the table.

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00:00Arsenal might have just helped Newcastle United qualify for next season's Champions League.

00:04Their 3-0 win over Real Madrid guarantees five English clubs from the Premier League

00:08will be playing in next season's Champions League.

00:10The new UEFA coefficient rules means the top two nations with the highest coefficients

00:14from this season get an extra Champions League place for next season's competition,

00:18which means fifth place in the Premier League, where Newcastle United currently stand,

00:22will qualify for the Champions League group phase next season.

00:25Newcastle have eight games left to play and a game in hand on the teams around them,

00:27so it's very much in their own hands in terms of qualifying for the Champions League.

00:30But they are already guaranteed European football of some sort after winning the Carabao Cup,

00:34which guarantees a Conference League place.

00:37But they'll be hoping that passes further down the Premier League table

00:39with European football in the Champions League, what they're after.

00:43It also means the Europa League place will drop to sixth, potentially seventh, depending on the FA Cup.

00:48There still could be as many as seven teams in next season's Champions League.

00:52The top five from the Premier League, plus the winners of the Europa League,

00:55if it were indeed Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur.

00:58If Aston Villa pull off a shock and win the Champions League and finish outside of the top five,

01:02they would also qualify, leaving seven English teams in next season's competition.

01:06As for now, it's in Newcastle's hands and they'll be hoping to return to the Champions League next season.