Aston Villa have applied to enter next season’s Intertoto Cup. The Intertoto Cup is a ’second chance’ competition for European clubs that have missed out on the UEFA Cup.
Villa are currently sitting 6th in the English Premier League and it is highly likely that they will make it into the European club competition on their own merits.
“We’re just covering bases but we’ve got a chance and we’re going to try and charge on if we can,” Martin O’Neill told www.avfc.co.uk.
“This is in no way a signal that we’ve given up hope of qualifying for Europe automatically,” said O’Neill.
Villa played in the Intertoto Cup in successive seasons between 2001 and 2003 and were victorious in 2001. If Villa do qualify for the Intertoto, they would play one two-legged tie over the weekends of July 19/20 and 26/27. The Intertoto Cup will be abolished after 2009.
