[Football] Liverpool and Manchester United lead ‘European League’ breakout league idea

[Change at Barnham]

It's incredible how blinkered these clubs are to the views and feelings of all the other clubs in Europe.
Yet still that plough on.

It's a sign of how desperate they are to escape their self-inflicted financial peril.

 

[drew]

They clearly haven’t learnt.

They believe that what is good for Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus is good for football as a whole.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57036397

UEFA should go after these three. The Champions League is strong enough without them. Kick them out.

Agree, they should be hit very hard (but they won't). I'd let them compete but deny them any money they earn from European competitions for 3 years. I also ban any representative of theirs from sitting on any committee for the next 10 years (I'd extend that to the other 9 clubs as well).

Uefa should also remove the coefficient rule with immediate effect for the champions league so you earn your place due to the league position the previous season.

 

[b.w.2.]

Your naivety is that you want to apply Corbynesque socialism to football. It's pathetic.

Hmmm. That is just nonsense. I want the moguls controlled.


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Hmmm. That is just nonsense. I want the moguls controlled.


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I agree but the control should come from the authorities, not by giving fans control because that has ****ed up Real and Barcelona.

 

[b.w.2.]

You keep banging on about this but you conveniently ignore the fact that Real Madrid and Barcelona are both fan owned but are well and truly financially ****ed. They've attempted the ESL before and like this time they have failed. However, this time they are left in a weaker position.

Complacency personified. Well done [emoji106]


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[b.w.2.]

So because of a few exceptionally bad owners everyone else has to change. Football finance should be controlled by rigorously enforced FFP not by have fans control 51% of whatever the club does (it doesn't work in Spain). Let owners put money into clubs but not as loans. Don't let clubs sell their grounds etc etc.

As EP will tell you, there is nothing wrong with debt in football as long as it is serviceable.

I don't think it is my approach that is narrow minded. You seem to think 50 + 1 will solve all footballs problems.

As I said before, the governing bodies should not concede any ground to the big clubs of Europe (they should remove the stupid rule for the champions league about past performance).

There should be a betting levy on the gambling industry to support lower league and grass roots.

I have to say agree 100% re the new CL rule. It is like ESL by stealth. Let’s be honest, FFP in its current format is about us useful as a chocolate teapot. But I am open to something which has more teeth. I have made my suggestion. What is yours?


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[Weststander]

Ultimately there were no material repercussions for the clubs. Normal business resumed, and some, with broadcasting income from European club competitions set to increase by 40%.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60327152

“A new projected £12.7bn marketing deal for Europe's top clubs has been hailed as a "new dawn" following the collapse of plans for a European Super League.

European Clubs' Association chairman Nasser al-Khelaifi has written to clubs about the new deal for Uefa's major club competitions.

It is understood projections for the deal would see a rise of 40% on current income levels from broadcasting.

This week, it was confirmed TEAM Marketing and Relevant Sports have agreed marketing deals for Uefa's club competition from 2024 to 2027, when the Champions League will expand to 36 teams.

Revenue is projected to reach five billion euros (£4.26bn) per season across those three years - an increase of around 40%.

"It represents a tectonic shift in the role that clubs now play - thanks to ECA and in partnership with Uefa - in the decisions that shape European football," Al-Khelaifi said in a letter seen by BBC Sport.

"It also represents a new dawn of financial stability and opportunity for European football clubs as the way in which our club competitions are commercialised will be transformed."

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Ultimately there were no material repercussions for the clubs. Normal business resumed, and some, with broadcasting income from European club competitions set to increase by 40%.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60327152

“A new projected £12.7bn marketing deal for Europe's top clubs has been hailed as a "new dawn" following the collapse of plans for a European Super League.

European Clubs' Association chairman Nasser al-Khelaifi has written to clubs about the new deal for Uefa's major club competitions.

It is understood projections for the deal would see a rise of 40% on current income levels from broadcasting.

This week, it was confirmed TEAM Marketing and Relevant Sports have agreed marketing deals for Uefa's club competition from 2024 to 2027, when the Champions League will expand to 36 teams.

Revenue is projected to reach five billion euros (£4.26bn) per season across those three years - an increase of around 40%.

"It represents a tectonic shift in the role that clubs now play - thanks to ECA and in partnership with Uefa - in the decisions that shape European football," Al-Khelaifi said in a letter seen by BBC Sport.

"It also represents a new dawn of financial stability and opportunity for European football clubs as the way in which our club competitions are commercialised will be transformed."

Yep, the whole thing was a negotiating ploy. Love the final paragraph. It’s everything that’s wrong with the direction football has taken.

 

[A1X]

Can't wait to watch the Albanian champions taking on the Estonian champions.

Wait, what do you mean all the big 6 are in it?