Fears that the entire 2019/20 season will be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic remain.
Authorities have suspended games in the Premier League indefinitely and there's talk of resuming the competition on June 8, but if matches cannot resume on that date, clubs face a battle to fulfil the remainder of their fixtures.
One of the options is to void the entire campaign and remove the season from the records, which would controversially deny Liverpool a first league title since 1990.
But if the decision was made, Arsenal could end up as one of the biggest beneficiaries.
If the season were to end with no conclusion, the suspended league table would be voided and it would be unclear as to who will compete in the Champions League as well as the Europa League in future seasons.
One proposal would be to decide who gets the European spots by current UEFA Coefficient.
And as Arsenal are currently fourth in relation to Premier League clubs, they would get the final Champions League spot ahead of Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City.
Interestingly those three teams are all above the Gunners in the current league table.
What might excite Arsenal fans about a return to European football's top table in the 2021/22 season is this format was reportedly discussed during a conference call between WHO (World Health Organization) and UEFA on Tuesday.
According to La Repubblica, WHO have recommended the suspension of all competitions until the end of 2021 to avoid the emergence of more severe waves of the coronavirus.
This development comes just hours after UEFA released a statement on plans to resume the 2019/20 season.
"UEFA today met its 55 member associations via video conference and presented an update of the options being looked into by the two working groups that were created mid-March," the statement read. "A variety of calendar options were presented covering both national team and club competition matches.
"The funding of National Associations through UEFA’s HatTrick programme was also discussed with UEFA reiterating its commitment to meeting the payments to member associations as planned.
"There was a strong recommendation given to finish domestic top division and cup competitions, but some special cases will be heard once guidelines concerning participation to European competitions - in case of a cancelled league - have been developed.
"Any decisions on the above topics would be announced after the UEFA Executive Committee on Thursday."
