Champions League revamp

[kev]

this is grim but who knows, by 2030 we might be laughing as the RS move into the "Anfield Dubai Experience Stadium" or play every match at 3am to appeal to East Asian audiences

I assume you mean the year 2030.
I know things are moving fast, but not too much will happen between now and half past eight.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

As I've been suggesting all day...

Villa's CEO;

What a cowardly response.

Can tell he's ex RS

 

[roydo]

Indeed, perhaps if they'd actually spoken to people outside of the boardroom they'd have realised this is utter madness and not gone ahead with it.

Like I said earlier. Not remotely surprised the Mericans went with it; its what they know. They basically do not care.

Less so with Chelsea and City though. Dont get that one.

 

[Jamiednm]

In the short term, yes. Everyone is going to suffer.

In the medium to long term though this might have a positive effect - they were the ones driving wages and transfer fees up, the ones hoarding cash and the ones preventing everyone else winning things. When the SL fails (and it will if up against a better competitor) what money did leave will probably start coming back as well.

They'll continually develop the ESL though, and assuming it's outside FIFA, will expand to different types of competitions to 'enhance the product' - cups tournaments, invite some new members, potentially even create new teams from scratch filled with league-owned stars. They won't stand still.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

what are they gonna put on the pitch if the players dont want a part of it? dogs?

Dog Soccer. It might just work

 

[Barnfred 55]

And I have no doubt he would not
But we will never know who is correct so its pointless discussing it

That's fair enough Bri. But you did respond to my initial post on the matter which would indicate that you did want to discuss it.

But as you say it's a moot point because we are never going to be asked. The only reason I mentioned it at all is that I was making a point that it isn't the clubs, players and fans at fault, but the owners.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

What a cowardly response.

Can tell he's ex RS

If they had a vote to the 14 now, I reckon all 14 would vote against expelling them.

 

[Jamiednm]

Says it all though that when Boris Johnson, the serving PM, says this will be stopped and won't happen, that absolutely nobody believes him.

Yeah because if it was any other hypothetical PM from any other governing party, we'd all have total faith in them.

 

[Brisan123]

That's fair enough Bri. But you did respond to my initial post on the matter which would indicate that you did want to discuss it.

But as you say it's a moot point because we are never going to be asked. The only reason I mentioned it at all is that I was making a point that it isn't the clubs, players and fans at fault, but the owners.

Agreed
I would say the vast majority of fans and a high percentage of players are against this

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Tbf it isn’t in mine either and all your other points are valid and are why I’d personally never have signed up to the plan.

However whilst not being a great reason I do think it would have been pretty impossible for the ringleaders of this to get to the stage they are, having signed contracts in their hand, without the secrecy. And that is all they really care about.

Do we really think they're going to go ahead with this? They've done untold damage to their brands and the only way out of this is to slither back into a revamped Champions League that weights the dice in their favour. I can't see how they can possibly go ahead with this league.

 

[Jebus_lives]

If they had a vote to the 14 now, I reckon all 14 would vote against expelling them.

Most definitely

 

[Walham Green Blue]

. @Walham Green Blue

Protests at the Bridge right now.

@Walham Green Blue

Protests at the Bridge right now. Nice one.

Good. I hate football as it stands. I wasn’t really enjoying it that much before either. It’s being going down the crapper for a very long time.

 

[DanB90]

Says it all though that when Boris Johnson, the serving PM, says this will be stopped and won't happen, that absolutely nobody believes him.

I’d believe him A LOT more if he weren’t Boris Johnson.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

No wonder Utd and Juventus share price is on the upward trend, since this broke.

JP Morgan to finance breakaway Super League

JP Morgan on Monday said that it was financing the new breakaway Super League, announced by 12 of Europe's biggest soccer clubs on Sunday. A spokesman for JP Morgan said in an email that its involvement with the new league which has been set up as a rival to UEFA's Champions League and includes...

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[LinekersLegs]