Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is unhappy seeing Manchester United in the Champions League.
The Gunners missed out on Champions League football after finishing fifth last season, but Jose Mourinho's United side - who finished sixth - qualified for the elite competition after lifting the 2016-17 Europa League trophy.
"I was always against it," Wenger said ahead of Arsenal's Community Shield meeting with Chelsea on Sunday.
"Because apart from Man United, who did win the Europa League, all the years before it was always a team who was kicked out of the Champions League by having been kicked out of it before.
"You cannot go into the season and think that (you will get into the Champions League by winning the Europa League).
"I always was not in favour of that, because I think at some stage it can influence on the championship, because if a team is in April in a position where they have more chance to win the Europa League they can let some games go in the championship, and not completely focus on that, on the regularity of the competition."
Source: tribalfootball.com