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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Levy will be ‘delighted’ with Champions League plans"
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author: "Will Seager"
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published: "2022-05-17T06:35:01Z"
modified: "2022-05-17T06:35:01Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Levy will be ‘delighted’ with Champions League plans

**[Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/) will be delighted with UEFA’s latest U-turn, which involves awarding additional spaces in the Champions League based on a league-specific coefficient system, football finance expert Kieran Maguire has claimed.**

### **The Lowdown: UEFA’s plans**

UEFA had [originally intended](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uefa-on-brink-of-deal-with-clubs-to-ditch-coefficient-plan-for-champions-league-places-5r6fw2zqm) to hand out two extra places in the Champions League, which fell in accordance with clubs’ 10-year coefficients. However, [critics argued](https://www.footballinsider247.com/tottenham-delighted-after-news-from-uefa-kieran-maguire/) that this represented an unwarranted insurance policy for the ‘big clubs’ who were seen to be underperforming.

As a result, [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/premier-league-set-to-earn-fifth-qualifying-spot-under-new-champions-league-plan-hslcvhx7h) have reported that UEFA will now award an extra spot based on a country’s performance in the competition, which would likely lead to a fifth team qualifying from the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/).

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### **The Latest: Maguire’s claim**

With Tottenham still fighting it out for a fourth-place finish and a spot in the Champions League, Maguire has claimed that Spurs, and by association their chairman Daniel Levy, will welcome this news – especially with the potential to earn up to £150m from qualifying for the competition.

Speaking with [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/tottenham-delighted-after-news-from-uefa-kieran-maguire/), he proclaimed: *“It is a backstop for the likes of Spurs.*

*“Qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League generates more money than winning the Europa League, and the upper limit is £150m.*

*“We can argue about the fairness of it but this is why Tottenham would understandably be so keen to have these insurance options in place.”*

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### **The Verdict: Levy will be delighted**

With the new insurance policy set to come into play, Levy will be delighted with the increased probability of gaining revenue as a result of Champions League qualification.

Furthermore, this could also act as an incentive for manager Antonio Conte to remain with the club, as it has [previously been reported](https://www.teamtalk.com/tottenham-hotspur/antonio-conte-future-champions-league-strong-quit-warning-teddy-sheringham) that it is unlikely that the Italian would stick around in N17 without Champions League football.

Therefore, the introduction of a backstop will surely be welcomed by Spurs, as Maguire has suggested.

***In other news: [Noel Whelan drops Richarlison/Spurs transfer claim](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/richarlison-spurs-transfer-latest-noel-whelan/)***