Arsenal will not be in next season's Champions League after losing the Europa League final to Chelsea in Baku.

The Gunners will play in next season's Europa League group stages, with Chelsea in the Champions League.

The Europa League winners get an automatic Champions League group spot, but Chelsea had already qualified by finishing third in the Premier League.

French side Lyon qualify for the Champions League as a result of Chelsea's 4-1 win.

That is because the third-placed team in Ligue 1 - Uefa's fifth highest-ranked league - go straight into the group stages rather than the qualifiers if the Europa League winners qualify for the Champions League through their own league.

It means a third consecutive season without Champions League football for Arsenal, who finished fifth in the Premier League. It is their longest spell out of Europe's top tournament since the 1990s.

Arsenal's transfer budget this summer could be as low as £40m, BBC Sport understands. It could have been up to £100m if they had been in the Champions League.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48451046

when i see the way people were hyping Arsenal yesterday, I knew they would disappoint their fans as usual.

No be arsenal ? No try am use your wife bet on arsenal else, you know the rest sha

Few games before the League season ended, they had their UCL qualification fate in their hands but decided to play GOAL GOAL and OVER 2.5 with it.

Congratulations arsenal world's greatest under achievers even the losers trophy you still under achieved.

Not good

logon599:
Massive work still needs to be done on this Arsenal squad. I looked at that team yesterday and honestly I saw only 6 players good enough to remain in Arsenal if truly they have any strong ambitions of challenging for anything: Aubameyang, Lacazette, Torreira, Guendouzi, Sokratis and Koscielny. The rest are the reason why Arsenal won't win anything major in the next five years.

what of Iwobi

Arsenal went to Baku 4 : 1 reason!!

Only the witty will understand the above!!

Arsenal and Manchester United to play next season Europa league final.... Quote me again next season finale......

Arsenal defense can get any team relegated. No wonder they had just one clean sheet away from home in the League last season

Chelsea

laughing my assnal out

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I'm thinking of switching my support
from Arsenal to Ifeanyi Uba FC.

Am I in order?

logon599:
Massive work still needs to be done on this Arsenal squad. I looked at that team yesterday and honestly I saw only 6 players good enough to remain in Arsenal if truly they have any strong ambitions of challenging for anything: Aubameyang, Lacazette, Torreira, Guendouzi, Sokratis and Koscielny. The rest are the reason why Arsenal won't win anything major in the next five years.

Egbon, Iwobi nko.....
Iyen o Mon boolu gba Abi....

Eti ya were sir

If a teacher ask an arsenal fan the meaning of wicked he will shout chelsea

If you see the way Arsenal fans were convulsing all over threads yesterday, you will think Chelsea were going to be beaten blue and black, but it's clear that football no be by mouth, this was a ruthless desire for success by Chelsea, still gingered by top 3 success, those small boys(Arsenal) thought Europa was their birthright, they said they have a specialist in Europa, I was just observing their ignoramus foolishsimo..lol, Sarri ball is beautiful to watch and has the potential to be legendary, Hazard has been a shining light and a reliable soldier, but soldier go, soldier come and I wish him all the best at Real Madrid.....Up Chelseaaaaaaa....

Eyah. Better luck to em next season. Up blues for life!

One Arsenal fan felt very sad while the other Chelsea fan was smiling.

They should continue to rebuild.

logon599:
Massive work still needs to be done on this Arsenal squad. I looked at that team yesterday and honestly I saw only 6 players good enough to remain in Arsenal if truly they have any strong ambitions of challenging for anything: Aubameyang, Lacazette, Torreira, Guendouzi, Sokratis and Koscielny. The rest are the reason why Arsenal won't win anything major in the next five years.

I think Aubameyang is not good enough for Arsenal fc. You don't need to agree with me.

thanks Arsenal for winning our hearts and leaving the cup for my Chelsea

logon599:
Massive work still needs to be done on this Arsenal squad. I looked at that team yesterday and honestly I saw only 6 players good enough to remain in Arsenal if truly they have any strong ambitions of challenging for anything: Aubameyang, Lacazette, Torreira, Guendouzi, Sokratis and Koscielny. The rest are the reason why Arsenal won't win anything major in the next five years.

Koscienly ,Ozil and Kolosinac were the worst arsenal player yesterday

PSTEMMA1960:
what of Iwobi

God bless you. He no know anything. Iwobi was d game changer and he would have started Gendouzi

The scoreline could have been 6 if William had taken advantage of the opptunities he had when he entered.