Champions League revamp

[Azza]

Anyone else watch the Chelsea - City match? FA Cup semi-final and it was awful.

 

[Wat Tyler]

So they won't be in the CL next season

We will be

 

[LostLegend]

The actual UEFA statement btw:

Statement by UEFA, the English Football Association, the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), LaLiga, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and Lega Serie A | Inside UEFA

Europe's football website, UEFA.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. UEFA organises some of the most famous and prestigious football competitions on the European continent including the UEFA Champions...

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UEFA, the English Football Association and the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga, and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and Lega Serie A have learned that a few English, Spanish and Italian clubs may be planning to announce their creation of a closed, so-called Super League.

If this were to happen, we wish to reiterate that we – UEFA, the English FA, RFEF, FIGC, the Premier League, LaLiga, Lega Serie A, but also FIFA and all our member associations – will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs at a time when society needs solidarity more than ever.

We will consider all measures available to us, at all levels, both judicial and sporting in order to prevent this happening. Football is based on open competitions and sporting merit; it cannot be any other way.

As previously announced by FIFA and the six Confederations, the clubs concerned will be banned from playing in any other competition at domestic, European or world level, and their players could be denied the opportunity to represent their national teams.

We thank those clubs in other countries, especially the French and German clubs, who have refused to sign up to this. We call on all lovers of football, supporters and politicians, to join us in fighting against such a project if it were to be announced. This persistent self-interest of a few has been going on for too long. Enough is enough.

The teams WILL be banned from all domestic, European and international club tournaments.
The players COULD also be banned from their respective national teams .

 

[number4.]

They may not be able to ban the teams. But their national manager can choose to not pick those players. Nothing stopping that.

fair point - but can you see Gareth Southgate leaving out his entire back four, Kane, Mount, Foden, Henderson, Sterling etc when his job depends on it.

Perhaps it could be an FA directive I suppose

 

[number4.]

They may not be able to ban the teams. But their national manager can choose to not pick those players. Nothing stopping that.

fair point - but can you see Gareth Southgate leaving out his entire back four, Kane, Mount, Foden, Henderson, Sterling etc when his job depends on it.

Perhaps it could be an FA directive I suppose

 

[blueconverse]

There's almost no point finishing the season beyond fulfilling TV deals, whether they stay or not

Good. Ours ended on Friday

 

[catcherintherye]

indeed - feels like we are back at project restart levels of flux and guesswork.

if I had my crystal ball now.....

- No clubs leave domestic leagues or international representation
- Superleague goes ahead ( I didnt believe this two hours ago)
- New UEFA European cup tournament; merging the CL and Europa league
- Uefa conference revamped as well

I cant see any way, logically domestic leagues could allow them to stay.

I mean it's a holy different and unfair playing field.

Just take this 1 issue (of many) by all accounts DAZN have the rights. Why are Sky/Bt/Amazon going to want to pay massive fees to those clubs, who are essentially running a parallel product aimed at taking viewers away?

Theres also fixtures issues. I really cant see leagues being able to admit players if UEFA say banned.

It is also so unpopular, and they are so loathed as a result, woe betide any clubs opposing kicking them out.

They cant be allowed to stay.

You're right though, this seems more than a bluff. If it's a bluff, it's some bluff.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Anyone else watch the Chelsea - City match? FA Cup semi-final and it was awful.

I was hoping they wouldn't play in the final. Now I'm hoping there won't be a final.

 

[N.S.N.O.]

Domestic leagues won’t have any value unless the teams are kicked out. A prem next season when the top 6 aren’t bothered what position they finish in? That’s crazy. They’ll just be resting players every weekend for their mid week game. All of the leagues will immediately lose viewers. Kicking them out is the only way to survive as a viable competition that anyone would want to watch.

I agree...but the obvious problem now is, the league will lose massive amounts of viewers without them...Liverpool and United have massive fan bases globally, they won't be watching the Premier league anymore without their club...Sky and BT will lose customers, and advert revenue...the new TV deal will be tiny in comparison

This is the problem with years of Sky building the league around the Big 4, and recently the Big 6....now they've lost that if the PL kicks them out....the irony being, these clubs became more powerful because of the Champions league money

 

[Coffee and TV]

Hows CL qualification going to work now? Top 4 not in the superleague get in?

 

[Wat Tyler]

 

[Jim Hopper]

 

[kenada_blue]

So....

These clubs have joined a league where they'll make vasts amounts of money to play pretty much non-competitive exhibition football?

 

[KaiserEFC]

fair point - but can you see Gareth Southgate leaving out his entire back four, Kane, Mount, Foden, Henderson, Sterling etc when his job depends on it.

Perhaps it could be an FA directive I suppose

If they’re literally ineligible in to be played then of course he’s leaving them out???

 

[jayden28]

Feels like the world has ended lol,football isn't gonna be the same again.