It has been a case of trading places for Liverpool and Arsenal.
Having led the Premier League for 248 days last season, pipped to the post down the final stretch by a relentless Manchester City side, Arsenal will play Champions League football this coming season.
It is the first time since 2016/17 that the Gunners will be in European football’s elite knockout club competition, with the riches that come with it emboldening the ownership of the North London club to spend big this summer, the club targeting the £105m capture of West Ham United’s Declan Rice in the coming days.
