For cash, potential progress and potential hilarity reasons, most Dundalk fans would want Celtic in the next round. That is, of course, dependent on Celtic getting through.
Group stages of the Europa guaranteed even if its a shocker is the big one and it alone would cause some players to stay...
Despite assuming they were done for this year without their top scorer, Dundalk have just beaten BATE Borisov 3-0 (3-1 aggregate) playing at a neutral Irish ground (with a real pitch, not 4G). They are semi-professional, BATE are very much fully professional.
The ~£5m that has now secured them...