It's even worse in the Dutch eredivisie, with just 1 certain CL spot for 1st place, and another CL qualification spot for 2nd place. No club is even able to count on CL football every season, they can't bet their spending on it. Because when they do, and they have one or more off years and miss out on CL football, they're screwed financially. It's happened to PSV recently.
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