Aston Villa boss Unai Emery admits owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens are excited to be in Europe.
Villa are into the Europa Conference League after victory over Brighton on Sunday.
Emery said, "Before the match we were speaking about how motivated they were because Wes Eden has come to the last three matches here at home. Nassef has been at more matches as well because he's based closer in London. I think it's amazing for them to be here to share with us, with the players and the fans. They are very important in this project. They are very committed and they are supporting me, always. It's easier because we're winning. It's easy then, right?
"But in the last six months I'm very grateful for their support; their help. I'm proud they were with our fans because they are really the heart of the club. We are professionals but we have to involve our heart now with Villa fans to understand everything and to try to start living moments like today. I was speaking with the players; that is our moment, it's our time, now, to connect with our supporters for another objective. Our fans are proud of us and we are going with them.
"We were speaking about how the seventh position was a possibility to play in Europe. The seventh place is Conference, OK, and we started thinking. Our progression was going well and other teams were not being consistent. But when we won at Chelsea 2-0, we were in the 10th and 11th positions but we were with [the teams above]. When we got the top 10, we started thinking about the sixth or seventh position. Brighton had a great season and they deserved to be in the Europa League. Our position as well, we deserve it."
Asked if qualifying for Europe changes their recruitment plans, Emery continued: "I spoke with the players… I wanted to finish the season with them, not today but tomorrow or Tuesday. Some players will be with the national team and we'll have holidays. I will now start preparing for next season. I will speak to the club. The club is working and I'm keeping in touch with the possibilities we can add [signings] for next year; speaking about who we can add and take the decision with players we already have here. Today, it was very important to be focused for this match. But we'll start now thinking about the next project and be stronger than we have been.
"Of course, we can add 10, 12, 15 matches more. When I came here I was thinking about trying to be strong in the Premier League. It was the first competition. Again, I wanted to add possibilities to win trophies; Carabao Cup, FA Cup and, now, if we could add Europe in our way as well. It's another way to win a trophy in the Conference. We have to analyse everything as best as possible about how we can create and build our structure with the players in our squad. Now's about being thankful with every player given the work they did."
