• Club could defend trophy only if they avoid relegation• ‘If we make quarters, not many teams would want to play us’

Alex Lozowski believes that, if Saracens retain the European Champions Cup, it would rank as the club’s greatest achievement after the trauma of being docked 35 Premiership points – but, if they won the trophy for the fourth time in five years and were relegated from the Premiership, they would not be able to defend their title next season.
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