article_snippet.sent: England are in danger of losing their fourth Premier League spot in the coming years, as poor performances from Premier League clubs in Europe take their toll.
article_snippet.sent: And with Italian and German clubs performing significantly better this season, England could slip from England current ranking of second to a lowly fourth by the end of next season.
article_snippet.sent: Germany will begin next season with a higher ranking than England, once 2010/11 points are discounted.
article_snippet.sent: Germany is guaranteed to move ahead of England at the end of this season, while if Italian clubs continue to perform well this season and English clubs fail to reverse Italian clubs slump, the Premier League could end next season out of Europe's elite.
article_snippet.sent: That would see England reduced to three the Premier League places for the 2017/18 season, with Serie A taking the extra place from the Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: UEFA's country coefficient rankings take into account the previous five seasons' performance by teams from each association, which means England are set to lose a huge chunk of account total at the start of next season.
article_snippet.sent: Italy and Germany will lose a significantly smaller number of points (11.571 and 15.666 respectively) meaning that by the beginning of next season, England will have slumped to third, and be in danger of falling further.
article_snippet.sent: And even if next season doesn't see England slump to fourth, without a significant reversal in the fortunes of Premier League and Serie A clubs in the next two years, next season afterwards would see England in major trouble.
article_snippet.sent: England are set to lose the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool think fighting over the top four is a struggle points from the 2010/11 season, when Tottenham reached the quarter finals .
highlights_snippet.sent: One more bad season would see England lose a Premier League spot .