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Premier League: 5 reasons season finale still worth watching

By Phil Naegely

LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 02: Leicester City fans celebrate as their team becomes Premier League champions after watching the Barclays Premier League between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on May 2, 2016 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Spurs' failure to win against Chelsea tonight sees Leicester City claim their first ever top flight title. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 02: Leicester City fans celebrate as their team becomes Premier League champions after watching the Barclays Premier League between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on May 2, 2016 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Spurs' failure to win against Chelsea tonight sees Leicester City claim their first ever top flight title. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 13: Slaven Bilic of West Ham United during his Press Conference before Training at Chadwell Heath on May 13, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 13: Slaven Bilic of West Ham United during his Press Conference before Training at Chadwell Heath on May 13, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United via Getty Images) /

2. West Ham United

While there aren’t many meaningful games on Decision Day, West Ham United has a chance to make history on Sunday. A win against Stoke City and a Manchester United tie or loss would guarantee the club a fifth place finish in the Premier League. This would be only the second time the club finished fifth in the current Premier League setup and the third they earn an automatic spot in the Europa League. It would be the first time they’d make the Europa League since the competitions name was switched from UEFA Cup and Europa League.

West Ham United is one of the Premier League teams on the rise. This is their fourth-straight season in the top English league. The last time they finished above 10th was the 2008-09 season when they placed ninth. A win on Sunday and some help from AFC Bournemouth could secure the side their first fifth-place finish in the Premier League since the 1998-1999.

Fans of West Ham United should be proud of how their team did despite how the games finish out on Sunday. The team can’t finish worse than sixth and that still puts them in the qualifying round for the Europa League next season.

The sky is the limit on who they can attract during the Spring transfer window and how the Premier League side will do next year domestically and across all competition.

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