What Chelsea's Champions League absence means for their finances and UEFA agreement

Despite Chelsea’s win over Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday night, they can no longer qualify for next season’s Champions League.The club’s hopes of Champions League qualification have been hanging by a thread for some time, and were largely bolstered by the hope that Aston Villa winning the Europa League and finishing fifth in the Premier League would see the sixth-placed team in the league qualify. However, Tuesday’s results put that out of reach for Chelsea.Advertisement