An interesting question, and one that crossed my mind the other day. There's also the very real possibility that they could achieve European qualification via winning the FA Cup or League Cup. I presume that such qualification is ultimately down to the FA/EFL, but it would take some guts to deny City the prize for winning such a competition. If City were relegated, but remained in the UCL, perhaps that could sweeten the deal for some of their bigger names to stay for an extra season, if they could afford to keep them? |  |