Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have been fighting for a top-four spot over the last couple of weeks after Manchester United and West Ham United fell by the wayside in the pursuit for the final UEFA Champions League spot.

While the race has been interesting, resulting in the epic 3-0 win over The Gunners to put pressure on their north London rival. However, despite having an exciting finish to the end of the season, one pundit states neither of these two clubs deserves a spot.

Simon Jordan spoke to talkSPORT, where he explained why the two rivals aren’t worth a top-four spot as they haven’t been good enough in his eyes.

“The fourth and fifth spot in the league this year is based upon two sides that aren’t good enough really to be in the top four under a normal regime of what a top four looks like,” Jordan said.

“But because of the composition of the league this year, that’s why it’s been up and down. It wasn’t so long ago we were talking about Tottenham; we know what we’re going to get. Tottenham are gonna win; they’re gonna lose, they’re gonna win, they’re gonna lose.”

Regardless of how Jordan feels, one of Arsenal or Tottenham will be playing Champions League football next season. Spurs have made a 360 turnaround since manager Antonio Conte arrived in November.

Nonetheless, Jordan wants to quickly remind everybody that the season hasn’t been as productive for Spurs as the table suggests.

“All of a sudden, they’ve hit a vein of form because Conte has a substance,” Jordan added.

“But it wasn’t so long ago we were talking about Conte having some hissy fit two or three months ago, being a temperamental Italian because he couldn’t get what he wanted from the team.”

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are the Tottenham Hotspur star duo many know and attribute to the squad’s success. The north London club is on the verge of finishing in the top four, and while many give the two credit for Spurs’ form, one former player is looking elsewhere.

During the segment on the Premier League Productions (via HITC), English football pundit Owen Hargreaves stated that it’s ‘impossible’ for Tottenham to be on their current without Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur.

Hargreaves claims that the Spurs’ defensive duo in the midfielder are ‘reliable’ and adds that they’re the ones who ‘do all the work’ for the rest of their teammates to thrive.

“These guys do all the work for themselves because of the way Conte sets up with the back three and the wing-backs,” said Hargreaves. “They are reliable. They look across and know what they are going to get from each other.”

“They are good in every phase, not brilliant players. But Conte doesn’t want that. He wants functional players that work hard and are there for the balance of the team Bentancur and Hojbjerg do that brilliantly for this side because all eyes are on the wing-backs, on Kane and Son.”

Tottenham finds itself on the doorsteps of the UEFA Champions League, needing one point to secure that top finish as they take on a relegated side in Norwich City. Spurs have everything at their feet to make the end of the season a magical finish from they were earlier in the year.