UEFA proposals

[GwladysBlue]

I think it maybe time for a new governing body of European to be set up. UEFA is nothing but a corrupt organisation that is run by a handful of clubs.

There are far more clubs outside of their ‘elite’ with huge fan bases and could take on any of these clubs without UEFA’s restrictions.

 

[mikel_88]

So what is the point of the league not surprised that they want to do this is typical of uefa

 

[peteblue]

We shouldn't be surprised that UEFA have come up with this.....criminal if it actually happens...

"In the recently published 61-page document, which details some of the uncertainties the organisation faces, the FA confirms that under new proposals, which could come into force by 2024, the initial 32-team Champions League would be chosen based on a club’s domestic rankings of the previous four seasons, currently from 2020/21-2023/24.

Beyond that, however, clubs would only qualify for the Champions League by reaching the last four of the newly-formatted 32-team Europa League, or “winning a domestic league”, the report says."

• How three-tier format would work
  • The Champions League would comprise of 32 teams and would initially be selected based on club domestic rankings in the previous four seasons (2020/21-2023/24)
  • Beyond the first season, it would only be possible to enter by reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League or winning a domestic league
  • The maxiumum country cap of five clubs remains
  • The Europa League would comprise of 32 teams and would also be seleced based on domestic rankings from the previous four seasons
  • Beyond the first season, it would only be possible to enter the Europa League by reaching the semi-finals of the new Europa Conference League or qualifying via domestic league position
  • The new Europa Conference League would comprise 64 teams and would be selected based on domestic league position

In addition, Clubs will only be entered if they have an L. U. C or A in their name in order to simplify the process......

 

[Dymak]

Won’t this destroy the premier league ?

It would mean if you have not qualified for the Champions league regularly for the last few seasons you won’t qualify again for at least 5 years no matter where you finish.

where is the incentive for teams to compete ? This just looks like another step towards a break away league for the ‘sky 6’ and will turm football into a farce.

it certainly is there to protect a select few clubs like Man Utd, the scum, Chelsea etc

This would be the case. It would genuinely ruin the game, imo. It would ruin the notion of a season. A squad from four years ago is often unrecognisable from a squad four years later.

The motivation of such an idea is so transparent that you'd expect some serious kick-back from the vast majority of football clubs. The few would certainly be dictating to the many.

 

[Tipp blue]

But you know one day before too long they'd come crawling back and the FA would bend over backwards to get them back in the domestic league.

Honestly though, how on earth does a European league work? Are they expecting fans to board a flight every other weekend to watch their team play? Good luck if you have a family and/or aren't absolutely loaded.

Still, I agree with you: get it done ASAP if it's an option. Better without the media darlings.

English clubs should not go for this, if it were to happen there'd be a major talent drain to Barcelona and Madrid, at the moment the draw of the premiership is the ££££, even the playing field financially and the very best players are going to want to go to Spain rather than freeze their tits off and have to train in spilling rain from October till March.

 

[mccole]

Never gonna happen

 

[Kenshin]

It would kill football as we know it.

Yeah I know , all the positives that would come from the top teams leaving , give us more chance of winning something etc

But winning the league now compared to winning one with the best teams gone? May as well compare the premier League to the championship , essentially that is what we will become.

Plus there would be no money in the game below this. So the best teams stay the best meaning the only teams who can rotate out of it would be the ones from minor leagues. They won't have like 8 premier League teams in there , if they don't regress then we have no chance of ever getting there.

It will be the death of football. Imagine having all the success in the world but it means nothing anymore.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

So just locking any other team out of the competition. Great. What’s the point in turning up if there’s nothing to play for?

 

[Furey1878]

If they're so insistent on a breakaway competition do it on a 4 yearly basis over the course of a month like the world cup

 

[TheBigIguana]

The first priority here is money, as always. The thing for Everton is we are almost surely one of the lower leagues which seems like no fun.

 

[Connor]

They've been talking about this for a decade, get back to me when it happens

 

[jaycee]

The English clubs wouldnt leave and share the money with the rest of the Euro top sides,look how much cash they get compared to the rest,the CL is a mini Euro league so why would they split ?

 

[toffeejack]

Is now really a good time to propose something so stupid? Football really is so out of touch with the people. We're already getting to the stage where most kids choose to support the best club at the time as opposed to their local teams, this will just make everyone in Europe choose between the same 10 teams.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Let them go, when they come crawling back in 15 years time having won very little, we'll have 21 league titles.

 

[AndyC]

If, and right now it has to be an if, this plan for a de-facto Euro Super League were to go ahead, how many Evertonians would see our non-inclusion as a complete failure of the Moshiri era to address the shortcomings of the previous regime ?

Nobody expected the arrival of Moshiri to change things overnight, but we're four years into his time as major shareholder/owner and we've spent a bucketload of money, far too often badly, and we've made poor managerial appointments up until Carlo Ancelotti arrived.