What is clear is that Tottenham, who at the start of the season performed quite well and experienced setbacks, but now they are starting to slowly show stability in performance.
Tottenham will be a big threat for Aston Villa to maintain their place, it will be like Arsenal relegating them from third position and Tottenham will definitely do the same.
Aston Villa is pretty tough team but they will still be overtaken by Tottenham so Aston Villa opportunity for next season is not the UCL competition but the Europa League, moreover, if Aston Villa can be in the UCL competition I not sure they can last long.
Aston Villa does not have the ability to compete fiercely against other big teams such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan or Manchester City when in the UCL competition.
Just being able to play in the Europa League and showing playing stability is already quite good achievement for Aston Villa and I sure they won't be ready for next season if they have to compete in the UCL.