Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have been fighting for a top-four spot over the last couple of weeks after Manchester United and West Ham United fell by the wayside in the pursuit for the final UEFA Champions League spot.
While the race has been interesting, resulting in the epic 3-0 win over The Gunners to put pressure on their north London rival. However, despite having an exciting finish to the end of the season, one pundit states neither of these two clubs deserves a spot.
Simon Jordan spoke to talkSPORT, where he explained why the two rivals aren’t worth a top-four spot as they haven’t been good enough in his eyes.
“The fourth and fifth spot in the league this year is based upon two sides that aren’t good enough really to be in the top four under a normal regime of what a top four looks like,” Jordan said.
“But because of the composition of the league this year, that’s why it’s been up and down. It wasn’t so long ago we were talking about Tottenham; we know what we’re going to get. Tottenham are gonna win; they’re gonna lose, they’re gonna win, they’re gonna lose.”
Regardless of how Jordan feels, one of Arsenal or Tottenham will be playing Champions League football next season. Spurs have made a 360 turnaround since manager Antonio Conte arrived in November.
Nonetheless, Jordan wants to quickly remind everybody that the season hasn’t been as productive for Spurs as the table suggests.
“All of a sudden, they’ve hit a vein of form because Conte has a substance,” Jordan added.
“But it wasn’t so long ago we were talking about Conte having some hissy fit two or three months ago, being a temperamental Italian because he couldn’t get what he wanted from the team.”