Talks around the idea of an "Atlantic League"

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/13/atlantic-league-fc-copenhagen-director-scotland

Basically a league featuring the top teams from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium and Scotland

 

[Rook]

If its an actual league and not a tourney I guess it could work, well money wise.

 

[Seathestars]

I'm sure Sky and the rest will be falling all over themselves for the rights to beam this worldwide.

 

[Eggs]

...if it includes Denmark and Norway, the Reds might be in it.

 

[tlefc]

Another dreadful idea by the clowns in charge. Just keep it how it is.

 

[GerryandthePaceMerchants]

I'm sure Sky and the rest will be falling all over themselves for the rights to beam this worldwide.

You've seen the proposed leagues right? Poor quality. No/Few away fans. No chance this will have legs and even if it does no-one's going to be switching off la Liga for the prospect of watching the St Johnson V Randers or Willem II V AIK.

Celtic Vs a couple of dutch teams is the only remotely interesting clash available there

 

[chrismpw]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/13/atlantic-league-fc-copenhagen-director-scotland

Basically a league featuring the top teams from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium and Scotland

No, no, no, go away crappy idea and never resurface. Football and it's fans have been milked and milked and milked and left ruined by an obscene amount of cash paid to the mercenaries who go along with it.

 

[chrismpw]

No, no, no, a million times no!
Another way of milking football and ruining the sport by overpaying mercenaries and agents and wondering where the passion went.

 

[Seathestars]

You've seen the proposed leagues right? Poor quality. No/Few away fans. No chance this will have legs and even if it does no-one's going to be switching off la Liga for the prospect of watching the St Johnson V Randers or Willem II V AIK.

Celtic Vs a couple of dutch teams is the only remotely interesting clash available there

My comment was meant to be sarcastic. Maybe I should have made it more obvious.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Manny manny maaaannnnnyyyyy!!!

 

[Yorkie]

Atlantic? Wouldn't that be the North Sea - Baltic league?

 

[GerryandthePaceMerchants]

My comment was meant to be sarcastic. Maybe I should have made it more obvious.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I'm not sure on the idea, but I can empathise with their idea. After all, it's been 20 years since Ajax won the Champions League, and there hasn't been much disruption of the 'big four' leagues since then, with just a solitary win from Porto in that time. Compare that to the preceding 20 years, when you had teams like PSV, Red Star, Marseille, Steaua Bucharest winning the title, and the likes of Malmo, Brugge, Benfica and Saint-Etienne reaching finals.

Suffice to say, this league may do nothing to give teams from these leagues any more chance of reaching the latter stages of major competitions, but it's a sad time when clubs with such rich histories are resigned to almost feeder status to the giants.

 

[The Cowboy]

I'm not sure on the idea, but I can empathise with their idea. After all, it's been 20 years since Ajax won the Champions League, and there hasn't been much disruption of the 'big four' leagues since then, with just a solitary win from Porto in that time. Compare that to the preceding 20 years, when you had teams like PSV, Red Star, Marseille, Steaua Bucharest winning the title, and the likes of Malmo, Brugge, Benfica and Saint-Etienne reaching finals.

Suffice to say, this league may do nothing to give teams from these leagues any more chance of reaching the latter stages of major competitions, but it's a sad time when clubs with such rich histories are resigned to almost feeder status to the giants.

What they're proposing is essentially an even narrower Europa League, given that's where most of the lesser league winners wind up. Perhaps they should just take that a bit more seriously?

 

[Wat Tyler]

It will not happen.