"It is not a sport where the relation between effort and success does not exist"
"It is not a sport where success is already guaranteed and it doesn't matter when you lose"
'It's not fair when one team fight, fight, fight for the top and still cannot be qualified because it is just for a few teams."
"The right people - the owners - have the obligation, the duty, to clarify as soon as possible, clarify all around the world why these teams should play and the others not. Ajax - with four Champions Leagues - why they are not there?"
"For all of us managers, it is uncomfortable. Presidents can talk more clear what is the idea for the future and where football is going to go. I would love the president go all around the world and say what is the reason they took this decision."
"I support this club and I am part of the club but also I have my own opinion."
You're not going to find a stronger, or more real and off the cuff, condemnation than that from any player or manager who's part of the 'competition'