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Watch the fa cup highlights show if you can. Great drama and atmosphere with some of the lesser lights. Accrington Stanley getting a record crowd (5000!) against Lampard's Derby. AFC Wimbledon at home to the hammers. Millwall upsetting Everton at home. And more.
Just out of curiosity but if Chelsea weren't to make the Champions League or Europa how would that affect them for next season because I would image it's a fair old pay day to qualify and a significant hit if you don't make it? I guess the owner would just chip in more coin but does it hurt recruitment or sponsors?
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Just out of curiosity but if Chelsea weren't to make the Champions League or Europa how would that affect them for next season because I would image it's a fair old pay day to qualify and a significant hit if you don't make it? I guess the owner would just chip in more coin but does it hurt recruitment or sponsors?
I think it'd hurt recruitment most, but we'd still offer great wages(which most players find most important) and we'll have a few first team spots opening up. We need to be targeting younger, hungrier footballers anyway.
We do very well through sponsorship even though we've missed UCL a couple of times over the last few years, being a big club in the EPL(the most watched league) means they still want to give us their money.
To miss Europa we'd have to finish outside the top 6, that aint happening IMO. But the last time that happened it didn't tun out too badly.
UCL is worth about 60m to clubs. It is still a fair chunk of cash.
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