Should he choose to stay with Manchester City, Richard Dunne will get another taste of European club football next season after the club was admitted into the Uefa Cup next season.

City captain Dunne, who only has another year left on his contract and remains a target for Newcastle United, may now reassess his options after City qualified via the English Fair Play league.

The club held off the challenge of Fulham to finish sixth in the Fair Play table but crucially above any team who has not already qualified for Europe.

It means City will enter the competition at the first qualifying round stage in July on what they hope will be the start of a long run to the final in Istanbul next May.