T_Model101
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With the current drought of TV money, I would have thought French clubs would have been all over this
They hashtagged MUFCSurely that's meant to say Manchester United.
It's gonna be the same clubs playing in a European competition with a better format, more money and finally a way to cap the Oil clubs, it will basically be the champions league in everything but name
We'll lose the legacy of the CL and that is a shame but if this is how football evolves then we either go with it or get left behind
With the current drought of TV money, I would have thought French clubs would have been all over this
There are 15 founder clubs and based on the plan before the plan is for 20 clubs, and there still haven’t been any German or French clubs included in this. There won’t be space for teams to earn a place in it by the time they’re done.
ESPN has been told by a person familiar with the blueprint that the proposed framework involves a total of 20 teams, with 15 permanent members who cannot be relegated.
A further five teams will be rotated in and out of the competition, based on performance, but the permanent members will include six Premier League clubs, three from La Liga, three from Italy's Serie A, two from the Bundesliga and one from France's Ligue 1.
The big teams need sacrificial lambs like Spartak Maccabi Transylvania FC to be certain of qualifying.Only thing I would change about current UCL is make it all knockout based. Like the FA cup. Group games came become a formality.
This idea is horrendous. Nothing for clubs to aim for. Sickening really.
It's replacing the CL not the domestic league
It’s a stepping stone.It's replacing the CL not the domestic league
The new league represents the American takeover of elite European football, which will become a closed shop run by its founder members. It is bankrolled by US banking giant JP Morgan and is the brainchild of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and the American owners of three leading English clubs.
It is believed Perez will hold the chairman's role in the new league's structure, with Liverpool's John W. Henry, Joel Glazer of Manchester United and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke as vice-chairmen.
Andrea Agnelli, chairman of Juventus, and believed until now to be an ally of UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin will occupy the fourth vice-chairman role.
JP Morgan are believed to be debt financing the new league to the tune of £4.6billion, which is set against future broadcast revenue.
If they do this, could they please get refs that work big domestic games instead of some Romanian ref that has never heard of VAR?
Can anyone explain how Spurs have lucked their way into being involved in something called a Super League?
Can anyone explain how Spurs have lucked their way into being involved in something called a Super League?
The likes of Everton and Leicester will surely kick up a massive stink about this (and rightly so).
Some excerpts from the Mail:
Seems like a silly idea given that its basically what the CL already does.
Come on now, we both know that’s simply not true.
So you mean Arsenal finish tenth in the league or Liverpool in sixth but they deserve to play in the top competition in Europe because of their name? In what world is that a better format?
Yuck.
its not the same. The founding members of this will qualify for it every season no matter the league position. Say the premier league ended today, chelsea, Liverpool,Tottenham and Arsenal would not qualify for the CL. But in this new tournament they will be able to still play it next season because they are founding members.