No Europa please

[Brennan]

Really important we miss that, too many games, Swansea and Spurs are stuck in it and it is effecting there seasons

The thing affecting Spurs' season was them being crap, nowt to do with Europe.

And Swansea ? Well, they're actually three points better off and a place higher in the league than they were at this point last season. They're also in the last 32 of a European competition.

 

[davek]

It's about time some of the cash was siphoned off the CL and into the EL.


Europa League

• First qualifying round: €120,000
• Second qualifying round: €130,000
• Third qualifying round: €140,000
• Play-off round elimination: €150,000
• Base fee for group stage: €1,300,000
• Group match victory: €200,000
• Group match draw: €100,000
• Group winners: €400,000
• Group runners-up: €200,000
• Round of 32: €200,000
• Round of 16: €350,000
• Quarter-finals: €450,000
• Semi-finals: €1,000,000
• Losing finalist: €2,500,000
• Winners: €5,000,000

Champions League

• Playoffs: €2,100,000
• Base fee for group stage: €8,600,000
• Group match victory: €1,000,000
• Group match draw: €500,000
• Round of 16: €3,500,000
• Quarter-finals: €3,900,000
• Semi-finals: €4,900,000
• Losing finalist: €6,500,000
• Winning the Final: €10,500,000

...basically, you'd have to win it to get as much cash from the EL as you'd get by qualifying for the CL group stages....which is appalling from Uefa.

 

[Goat]

Not really Dave, the CL is much better than the EL, it should be reflected as much in money.

 

[Brennan]

Not really Dave, the CL is much better than the EL, it should be reflected as much in money.

And how much of that gap in quality is due to the huge gulf in financial benefits...

 

[Goat]

And how much of that gap in quality is due to the huge gulf in financial benefits...

I would go back to the European Cup myself, only Champions.

 

[Garrick]

Also remember that the EL gets CL rejects. You wouldn't want to reward a club too heavily for crashing out of CL and then managing to win a knockout round or two.

 

[davek]

Not really Dave, the CL is much better than the EL, it should be reflected as much in money.

There's some dross in that CL group stages. They fall into the EL as 3rd place losers and get devoured.

It really shouldn't be that gulf in terms of payments.