Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

For now, thanks to De Zerbi's inspiration and the failings of other clubs, Spurs are spared a day of reckoning. Not for long, however, because the temporary elation of fans will soon turn to anger.

How can a club that plays in such a magnificent stadium, has such passionate support and received around £74m by qualifying for the Champions League via that Europa League triumph, end up on the brink of the Championship?

Answer – bad decisions on and off the pitch. Poor appointments. Players playing poorly. At times this season, Spurs have resembled an unmotivated rabble – which is why the frantic pumping of fists and wild celebrations also felt uncomfortable and, yes, embarrassing.

The work must start now, but at least they will have De Zerbi to lead.

The Italian at least realised the urgency of the situation when he said: "It's now around 7pm, and around 8pm or 9pm we will start working towards next season."

Spurs have no time to waste in their quest to avoid a repeat.

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For Spurs, on the other hand, the pressure on them is significantly lower than at Chelsea.

For the North Londoners, it is quite simple: ensure they are not involved in another gut-wrenching relegation battle.

Chelsea enter a new era under newly appointed manager Xabi Alonso, but it comes after a disappointing season that fell below expectations for the Blues.

Without Champions League football, after finishing the Premier League season in 10th, Chelsea will face reduced revenue, meaning the transfer strategy may need to be more selective rather than heavily expansive in the market.

Even so, recruitment is expected, especially to add more consistency, and a more reliant attacking output. Several players have struggled for form this season, including the likes of Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk and Nicolas Jackson.

Alonso faces a big task given that the Blues lost eight Premier League games since March - more than any other side - and will need to address a leaky defence that has not kept a clean sheet in the league since mid-January.

The reduced fixture schedule could help, giving more time on the training ground to implement his ideas and potentially stabilise performances across the league.

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I wonder what odds you would have got at the start of the season if you had backed Sunderland, Bournemouth, and Brighton to qualify for Europe - and Chelsea and Spurs to miss out altogether.

There will be huge pressure on both London clubs next season to return to competing in the top half of the table.

Let's have a look at the situation that awaits the Blues' new manager - Xabi Alonso - at Stamford Bridge later this summer...

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

On the final day of last season the Champions League was on the line at the City Ground.

Then it was Nottingham Forest, who had spent so long inside the top four, who missed out.

This time visitors Bournemouth were the ones who could have joined the elite to give Iraola the perfect send off.

It was not to be but that Bournemouth were even in the discussion for Champions League football is extraordinary.

Iraola leaves having taken them into Europe for the first time in their history and with a new training ground and plans to expand the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth are on the brink of a new era.

German Marco Rose has the foundations to push the Cherries to the next level after being appointed as Iraola's successor, the club acting swiftly in April to ensure a smooth transition of power.

The former RB Leipzig manager will expect to have the tools to succeed on the south coast with the club able to attract a different level of player with the lure of European football.

That platform has been created by Iraola, who leaves after a successful three years in charge and having lifted Bournemouth to new levels.

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Adwaidh Rajan
BBC Sport

The Black Cats came good on their need to beat Chelsea at the Stadium of Light to cap off an impressive return to the top flight with a spot in next season's Europa League.

They are the 10th newly promoted Premier League side to qualify for Europe and just the fifth to do so via a league finish after Newcastle (1993-94), Nottingham Forest (1994-95), Ipswich Town (2000-01) and Wolves (2018-19).

Sunderland spent £161m on 15 new players after gaining promotion to the Premier League, and might need further additions to cope next season.

With the Europa League added to their schedule next season, the test now is whether Sunderland can carry this momentum on to the continental stage.

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As one era ends in the Premier League, another will begin - but who will it belong to?

Will Arsenal be able to defend their Premier League crown over the next 12 months, or will Manchester City, Liverpool, and Manchester United - under the management of Michael Carrick - wrestle the title back from the Gunners?

But it is not just at the top of the Premier League where there is the potential to upset the established order.

After Aston Villa sealed a return to the Champions League and won the Europa League a couple of years after surviving relegation, the likes of Sunderland, Bournemouth, Brentford and Brighton will all fancy their chances of disrupting the current top six.

Following successful 2025/26 campaigns, they will be aiming to push for European places on a more consistent basis.

There's going to be plenty of change in the dugout across the league next season.

Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City after 10 years in charge, with Andoni Iraola stepping down as Bournemouth boss and Oliver Glasner is leaving Crystal Palace.

Xabi Alonso arrives at Chelsea this summer to become their new manager.

Marco Silva's future is up in the air at Fulham, and there's speculation about whether Eddie Howe will be in charge of Newcastle after the summer.

Will Daniel Farke remain at Leeds after saying 'his job is done' earlier this month? Is Arne Slot going to be Liverpool boss come August?

That's at least four new faces we'll be getting used to at new clubs next season. All change indeed.

Alex Howell
BBC Sport Arsenal reporter

A big reason why this league win is such an important psychological moment for Arteta and Arsenal, is that the Arsenal manager was able to overcome long-time friend and mentor Pep Guardiola.

The City boss, leaving after 10 seasons in charge, has been the reason for so much of Arsenal's recent disappointment. With Arteta now getting the best of his former colleague, the time for sustained success could be now for Arsenal.

Last season's title rivals Liverpool finished 25 points behind the Gunners and there is a debate about whether current manager Arne Slot is the right man to get them back into title contention.

Manchester United, although rejuvenated by Michael Carrick, are not back as regular challengers just yet and Chelsea have had a disappointing season and finished in mid-table.

Arteta has already shifted the messaging to his players about how their mentality will change now that they are league winners, as he urges them to add more silverware to their collection.

And with success secured, his level of influence and the transformation complete, now could be the time for Arteta to develop Arsenal into serial winners.

Arsenal head into the Champions League final against PSG after a strong European run under Mikel Arteta.

The Gunners have reached the final unbeaten, winning 11 of their 14 matches while scoring 29 goals and conceding six.

They topped the league phase with a perfect record before overcoming Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting CP and Atletico Madrid in the knockouts.

Bukayo Saka's goal against Atletico Madrid secured the Gunners a first Champions League final appearance in 20 years.

Arteta will be looking to be the man to lead Arsenal to their first UCL title.

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With Arsenal finally confirming their place as Premier League champions - it is worth looking back on where they have previously finished under Mikel Arteta.

• 2019/20 - Arteta took charge at Arsenal in December 2019. They finished in 8th place and won the FA Cup.
• 2020/21 - Finished 8th again in what could be called a rebuilding period which saw Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe come through.
• 2021/22 - Finished 5th, narrowly missing out on a Champions League place and spending much of the season in and around the top four.
• 2022/23 - Finished 2nd, despite leading the league for much of the season. Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli played a huge part.
• 2023/24 - Finished 2nd again with 89 points, a sign of huge progress keeping winners Man City on their toes.
• 2024/25 - Another 2nd place finish.
• 2025/26 - Won the Premier League title, ending a 22-year wait.

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It has been a remarkable season for Arsenal.

After three consecutive second-place finishes, Mikel Arteta’s side have become the first team of the Emirates era to win a Premier League title for the club.

I think we can all agree that, at times, the football was anything but pretty. But Arsenal and Arteta found a way to topple Manchester City, and his former mentor, six-time Premier League winner Pep Guardiola.

In the end, the Gunners finished seven points clear of runners-up City, with their tally of 85 points proving beyond their rivals.

It's a long way from where Arsenal where when Arteta first took over in December 2019...

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Over two decades of waiting, and three years of finishing second, but Mikel Arteta's side finally finished at the summit of the Premier League.

While Liverpool supporters at Anfield weree glad to see the back of a disappointing campaign, the same cannot be said for their Arsenal counterparts, who watched their team lift the Premier League trophy for the first time in 22 years on Sunday.

Up next, the Premier League champions…

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Arne Slot praised Liverpool fans for their efforts in saying goodbye to Salah and Robertson, and said the team needs to "evolve" next season.

Liverpool finished closer to West Ham in 18th than they did to champions Arsenal. They were 25 points off the top, but only 21 ahead of the relegation zone, despite finishing in the top five.

What do you think, Liverpool fans? Can Slot transform this team?

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, speaking to Sky Sports on Sunday: "That's the only positive. Now we'll say goodbye to the legends of the club and the focus is on that right now.

"I mentioned it many times, this has been the most challenging year in my career. It's tough to take, tough to go through that as a team but we are Liverpool and we come out of it stronger. That's the main focus now.

"The bare minimum that we should try and get out of this poor season. Onwards and upwards so we keep going.

On Salah and Robertson: "I'm definitely going to miss them. We, as a club, are going to miss them, their qualities and that's life.

"Now it's a wrap on a disappointing season. It's been a tough year."

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What is your favourite Mohamed Salah moment in a Liverpool shirt?

From scoring his first goal at Watford in August 2017 to netting in the 2019 Champions League final in Madrid, there are so many to choose from.

Personally, a few stand out: his thunderbolt against Chelsea in April 2019, his sensational solo goal at Anfield against Manchester City in 2021, and becoming the first opposition player to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford in 18 years.

There really are so many to choose from.

Keifer MacDonald
BBC Sport

Mohamed Salah was never going to leave the Anfield turf for the final time without breaking one last record.

The Egyptian has broken a litany of records since joining the Reds from Roma in 2017 and, on his final appearance at the ground where he produced so many moments of magic, he etched his name into the club’s history one final time.

By assisting Curtis Jones in the second half against Brentford, Salah overtook Steven Gerrard to become Liverpool’s all-time leading assister in Premier League history (93).

Here are just some of the other Premier League records Salah has broken during his time at Anfield:

• Liverpool’s all-time leading Premier League scorer (191)
• Highest-scoring African in Premier League history
• Highest-scoring non-English player in Premier League history
• Joint-most Golden Boots (four - 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2024/25)
• Most goal involvements for a single club in Premier League history (284)
• Most goal involvements in a 38-game season (47 - 2024/25)
• Most goal contributions at a single stadium (155 at Anfield)
• The only player to win the Premier League Player of the Season, Golden Boot and Golden Playmaker awards - and to win all three in the same season (2024/25)

Farewell, the Egyptian King.

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