mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
What a disgrace. Certain clubs being given automatic entry to the CL every season, with more games to be played.
The implications for the PL and Everton in particular are massively damaging. The PL itself will be downgraded with the permanent CL clubs playing weakened sides, even more of the young talent going to these clubs, Sky TV money being diverted to the CL etc. For Everton, any really talented youngster will 'do a Rooney' and quickly disappear to a permanent CL club and the chances of getting in a top European player will be much reduced. Does Moshiri's continued investment now appear less certain?
The actions of the richest PL clubs in what is to happen has been a disgrace, though totally in character, in particular in pressing for their annual automatic inclusion. The true European giants (RM, Barcelona, Bayern Munich etc) get entry every season by virtue of their being unchallenged in their domestic leagues, so automatic inclusion is not a big bonus for them. The real bonus is for the top PL clubs, since qualification under current rules can never be certain. So doubtless we can assume that they would have been right behind this particular proposal, none more so than our friends across the park who will have completed their mission to place their club into a different echelon of football from ourselves and further widen the gap between them and us. The inevitable intensified media interest and financial support in the revised CL status of the new competition, and particularly those clubs to be permanently involved, will make it even more difficult for Everton to win the hearts and minds of future generations of support. Depressing.
The implications for the PL and Everton in particular are massively damaging. The PL itself will be downgraded with the permanent CL clubs playing weakened sides, even more of the young talent going to these clubs, Sky TV money being diverted to the CL etc. For Everton, any really talented youngster will 'do a Rooney' and quickly disappear to a permanent CL club and the chances of getting in a top European player will be much reduced. Does Moshiri's continued investment now appear less certain?
The actions of the richest PL clubs in what is to happen has been a disgrace, though totally in character, in particular in pressing for their annual automatic inclusion. The true European giants (RM, Barcelona, Bayern Munich etc) get entry every season by virtue of their being unchallenged in their domestic leagues, so automatic inclusion is not a big bonus for them. The real bonus is for the top PL clubs, since qualification under current rules can never be certain. So doubtless we can assume that they would have been right behind this particular proposal, none more so than our friends across the park who will have completed their mission to place their club into a different echelon of football from ourselves and further widen the gap between them and us. The inevitable intensified media interest and financial support in the revised CL status of the new competition, and particularly those clubs to be permanently involved, will make it even more difficult for Everton to win the hearts and minds of future generations of support. Depressing.
