article_snippet: As things stand, the four Champions League slots for next season are filled by Chelsea's Champions League, Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United - with that quartet the favourites to reach Europe's top club competition.
article_snippet: But Liverpool in fifth, Southampton in sixth and Tottenham in seventh will still hold out hopes Liverpool in fifth, Southampton in sixth and Tottenham in seventh can finish strongly and perhaps squeak into the top four.
article_snippet: Never has that fourth place been so lucrative.
article_snippet: Danny Welbeck will have extra reason to celebrate if Arsenal qualify for the Champions League next season .
article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers and Raheem Sterling will now be even more desperate to finish in the top four this term .
article_snippet: Manchester City flopped again among Europe's elite, but Brendan Rodgers and Raheem Sterling are set for another windfall next season .
highlights_snippet: Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United are in pole position to qualify next season .
  
highlights_snippet: Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton are still hopeful of top four finish .