Six teams in the Premier League play the Champions League next season, Manchester United and Tottenham will also play the Champions League in the backdoor league

With the Europa League final locked into a "Premiership Civil War", next season's UEFA Champions League will have a scene of 6 teams participating in the same Premier League team for the first time. According to UEFA rules, only the top 4 in the Premier League could get tickets to the Champions League, but the Premier League ranked first in the European Championship this season, and will get an additional quota (5th in the Premier League). However, now the two champions in the UEFA Cup final are Manchester United and Tottenham. Manchester United and Tottenham will definitely not enter the top 5 in the Premier League this season, so the winner of the UEFA Cup final will become the team that the 6th team will play in the UEFA Champion next season as the "Europa League champion".

At most, there have been only 5 teams from the same region or league in the history of the Champions League. There have been 3 La Liga (2015/16, 2021/22, 2023/24 seasons), 2 Bundesliga (2022/23, 2024/25 seasons), 5 teams in Serie A have played in the Champions League this season. As for the UK, only 5 teams participated in the Champions League in 2017/18. Manchester United also failed to win the top 4 in the Premier League standings that year, but became the "5th team" of the Premier League as the UEFA Cup champion, and history is expected to repeat this season. In fact, the Premier League also had the chance to play in the UEFA Champions League in the 2005/06 season, but unfortunately Everton was kicked out of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Manchester United's Premier League performance has declined in recent years, but they rely on "backdoors" to maintain their European qualifications. Last season, they only ranked 8th in the Premier League, but finally won the FA Cup championship and qualified for the UEFA Cup; this season's "Red Devil" Manchester United has fallen to 15th place in the standings, but they have the opportunity to enter the UEFA Champions League by winning the UEFA Cup championship. Manchester United seems to be interested in specializing in cup experts to save the country on the curve.