Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has talked about how consistency will be the biggest factor in their coming season.
The Midlands club have set an ambitious target to qualify for the Champions League in 2024/2025.
While Emery knows they have a squad that can achieve such an aim, if they continue last season's form, he is aware of the task being a huge challenge.
"We have to be a candidate to be in the top seven, that is our challenge," Emery told Sky Sports.
"The present and the future for me at Aston Villa is to try to play in the Champions League, that is my dream.
"Then, try to have the option to win a trophy, that is another challenge. My challenge here is to win trophies, minimum one trophy, but try to improve being a candidate for different trophies, in Europe, in the league, in the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup.
We have to work a lot and we have to be very, very competitive if we want to achieve it."