England will fall to no. 3 in the rankings next season and hence will be left even more vulnerable to a further decline to 4th place and losing out on one crucial spot. The Italian Serie A is England’s main threat in the upcoming season. They still have three more teams fighting it out in Europe – Juventus, Napoli and Fiorentina. However, Premier League fans can breathe easy for now as the gap is pretty vast at the moment (12.715 points). They are safe for the moment - i.e. for the 2015/16 season and the 2016/17 season. Realistically, the earliest when Italy could oust England is in the 2017/18 season, but even that would also need English teams to underperform...
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