pundits have said for years its all about trophies but it really isn't . Chelski are more than happy being top 4 and losing in the cup final. It's amazing how these 6 figure a year pundits keep talking such nonsense to suit their own angle.
Perhaps depends on the club,
Chels are serious contenders for the ECL as are City and Liverpool and I reckon any of these 3 would prefer top 4 over an FA cup - fans, owners and manager.
Respectfully, Lester aren't serious contenders for the ECL just yet so be interesting how they would view it. Probs fans go for FA cup, manager for Top 4 and owners , dunno. As an Arse fan, I'd deffo take an FA cup over top 4 even though the cup doesn't mean any where near as much as it once did, Literally zero chance of winning the ECL so who cares but imagine owners and manager would want top 4 ahead of cup.
SUre I could have found a shorter way to say that.