It's a big week for Ange Postecoglou and Ruben Amorim. Champions League or bust would be the best way to sum it up ahead of next Wednesday's Europa League final in Bilbao.
But the managers of Tottenham and Manchester United - clubs with 37 Premier League defeats between them ahead of Friday night's games - are not the only ones with much to gain and lose by the fall of the footballing dice this coming week.
What of Cole Palmer?
If things don't go well for Chelsea when they play United at Stamford Bridge on Friday and then face Nottingham Forest for what could yet be a top-five shootout at the City Ground a week on Sunday, a third season without Champions League football will beckon for the 23-year-old.