Manchester United’s spot in next season’s Europa League is still not assured following West Ham’s 2-2 draw with Man City.

The Hammers moved to within two points of the Red Devils following Sunday’s stalemate with just one Premier League match to go.

Ronaldo has been Man United’s best player this season
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West Ham must beat Brighton this weekend and need to Crystal Palace to see off United to finish in the top six.

But what will it mean for the team that ends up seventh and do Wolves still have a chance to play European football next term?

talkSPORT.com has a look…

What does finishing seventh qualify for in the Premier League?

The seventh-placed team in the 2021/22 season will earn a spot in the Europa Conference League next campaign.

Had West Ham won the Europa League and finished seventh there would have been no English side in UEFA’s third tier competition.

That would have also applied had Leicester manage to win the Europa Conference League this season or if Crystal Palace won the FA Cup.

But now either West Ham or Man United will end competing in the Europa Conference League depending on who finishes seventh.

Wolves, meanwhile, can only end up as high as eighth which means there will not be any European football at Molineux next term.

West Ham can still get back into the Europa League if results go their way
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What has been said?

David Moyes was quizzed over whether transfer targets would be dictated by which European competition West Ham are in.

He said: “I don’t think so, I’m hoping we can at worst finish seventh.

“We’ve got a lot to do, we need points because we expect Wolves [in eighth] to have a chance in at least one of their games so we need more points for ourselves.

“But I think European football for us would be terrific again if it happens.

“If we can make the Europa League that would be great, to finish close to where we were last season. But I’ll take any of the European competitions and be thrilled if we got there again.

“We will try and add to the squad of we can but we have a really good team at the moment.

“If we can get another couple of players we will do that but I don’t think whether if matters whether we’re in Europa League or Conference League, we’ll embrace either.”

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