After a hellish Premier League season Arsenal finished just outside the top four for the first time in some fans’ lifetime.

While the goal is obviously always the Champions League, and there is nothing like playing at the highest level, it shouldn’t be all doom and gloom at the Emirates.

Here are a few reasons, for fans inclined to look at the bright side.

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New opponents

With that being said, there obviously will be new opponents.

European competition is fun in that there are matchups that would not usually happen. Everyone always makes the joke that Arsenal will now have to go play random teams on Thursday nights in places fans have never heard of, but Arsenal already had to do that with Ludogorets in the Champions League.

There are still high level teams in the Europa League, and it will nice to see some new faces.

There could be some fun away trips for fans. Ajax, Roma, Copenhagen, and Zenit are just a few names from the past year’s competition that would be a nice short holiday. Not exactly the glamour of facing Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern and the rest.

But new blood might not be the worst thing.

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