Champions League revamp

[Azza]

Any actions they take will have to go through lawyers who will need to ensure that things are water tight when it comes disciplinary.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

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Urgh please don't even half-mention that disgusting rag around here

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Im not here to push "an agenda" - Im trying to push some financial realism along with all of the hyperbole

Yes, Super league is a joke, Yes it is engineered by the vile greed of certain owners, but commercial reality means that the 14 will take a pragmatic approach to this. As much as we would all love to see them shown the door this afternoon, it's not going to happen. There is simply too much at stake in terms of legal battles, TV rights, the needs of the 14 etc. I hung my hat on the same point with Restart & was proven correct commercial realities will override the ethical decision every time

you have no idea how happy I would be eat humble pie here if they are thrown out, but any decison will be made with pragamatic business sense rather than what should be done.

I would argue that only Moshiri and the guys at LCFC are even capable of seeing a long game here - there rest cant look past the impact in the here and now

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[Toffeeslam]

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I know but you did ask for a source

pity it’s them

 

[Martin Alvito]

He only needs that because he hasn't got a spine. If he had actual integrity, he'd just do it.

Same criticism for Rashford too. A tweet is one thing; an action that means something is another.

Right action at the right time. You don't want to push the other players off the fence through your actions. You don't know which side they'll land on, and that's what your bosses just did besides. Show them that you respect them enough to talk to them before you put them on the spot.

 

[Tubey]

Any actions they take will have to go through lawyers who will need to ensure that things are water tight when it comes disciplinary.

Which is fine, but that statement still needed to be stronger. It needed a deadline bare minimum.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Premier league statement is exactly what you’d expect.

They will all be playing in the premier league next season and probably without docked points

You may be right, but you certainly can't take that from that statement.

A single 2hr meeting was never going to lead to concrete retaliatory proposals

 

[HTCHERO]

Well that statement was weak but I'm not surprised

 

[Tin-Tin]

PL statement is pathetic. They have done this as they think (or know) they are untouchable. If they are left unchecked then that will grow again until next time when they actually pull something off. Its a 'you wont kick us out as we are too big and popular' call.

Yes sponsorship/revenue may go down. Yes clubs may be affected in the short term. But is the answer to let 6 clubs earn £400+ mill a season skewer the PL? Play weakened teams, affecting its integrity - never mind what they will put out for the FA and Carabao cup.

What happens if they finish top 6 each year but obviously dont qualify for CL/EL? Do we just take them out of the equation and pass it on to next 6?

Football is done if there is no punishment.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I expected a holding statement so not surprised. If they are considering the right sort of consequences then that's ok. There are an awful lot of legalities to get advice on and it's very important that they get their steps planned out in advance so that the clubs act as a collective 14 rather than on an individual basis.

What matters now is what happens next. You can only hold for so long and we need to hear more in the next couple of days.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I know but you did ask for a source

pity it’s them

When I said "solidly sourced" what I actually meant was "ffs don't quote the 'kin S*n even indirectly"

 

[trueblue84]

They say that the outcome of a coup is determined in the first five minutes. Well, metaphorically speaking, as soon as Florentino Perez went babbling preposterously on some Spanish outlet last night, the jig was up. If this was going to succeed, there would have been a wall of unity from the plotters. Instead, we had no PSG, no Bayern, Napoli and Roma treated like the hired help, and managers and players paraded in front of the media to defend the indefensible.

This was never designed to succeed. It was meant to shock and awe and force further concessions from UEFA, which it inevitably will. UEFA can pose as being the great defenders of the game, but they will be negotiating from a position of weakness. The can will be kicked down the road. The "football family" will come together.

If that's the case, it has massively backfired. Will anyone ever take those 12 clubs seriously again? It would show they are full of empty threats and the rest of the clubs and uefa/FIFA would go to town on them.

 

[MikeH72]

This is going to be spun as Big Red leading the revolution and saving football isn’t it?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Pretty weak statement IMO

Think they are powerless and just as damaging to all in kicking them out, maybe a point deduction. Come down to government we are now a sovereign nation... Players and managers can voice opinion and fans can walk away.

 

[Drico]

PSG, like Bayern, are staying within the UEFA negotiating umbrella. They will be the conduits to a "compromise". So, you can imagine how much of a sticking plaster that will be for the game. It will keep the plotters within the PL - preserving the TV money - and it will keep UEFA in nominal control, but the rich will get richer and the stitch-up ECA/UEFA CL "reform" deal will be diluted with even more concessions to the clubs. Liverpool, United, and Madrid look filthy. PSG and Bayern look...brilliantly, if transparently, Machiavellian. UEFA looks like a heroic defender of the...indefensible.