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According to the Mirror, Ceferin at UEFA responding to Klopp’s concerns about having to play more games under the new Champions League format, says that it was done to save clubs. “Our reforms came about because clubs need help responding to the financial crisis. We can carry on as we are but clubs will go out of business. And who does that hurt most? The fans.”
“There can always be less matches but also the salaries of the players and the coaches have to adapt. You cannot generate less and earn more all the time.”
So it sounds like he is agreeing with Perez at Madrid in that the survival of clubs is under threat.
At the weekend Klopp said “ Ten games instead of six and no idea where to put them in. The only people who never get asked are the players, the coaches, the supporters.” He said the only reason for the new format was money. “You can’t have 20 teams in a league, 2 cup competitions, 10 international games before Christmas. These things aren’t possible.”
I suppose one possible solution would be for the teams competing in Europe be allowed not to compete in the League Cup or for it to become a cup for the Football League and not the Premier League. Maybe even the same with the FA Cup. After all, it’s been pretty obvious for years that coaches want to rest their top players for games like these by playing a blend of youth and experience and only bringing some players on when needed. Clearly coaches feel their top athletes can’t cope with the current number of games and that means bigger squads which means a bigger wage bill.
If we accept that European matches bring in more revenue than the League Cup and FA Cup then you can see why UEFA think expanding the CL is the way forward. The coaches don’t think they can cope. Something has to give and it looks like home cup competitions. More European matches, fewer home matches and no “wet Wednesdays at Stoke”. Sounds a bit like the European Super League.
It seems to me they are all the same. UEFA, ESL just fighting over who gets the money.
Maybe all that was missing from the ESL was promotion / relegation? Because unless something gives, that’s what we will eventually get anyway. Or no club to support. Apparently.
“There can always be less matches but also the salaries of the players and the coaches have to adapt. You cannot generate less and earn more all the time.”
So it sounds like he is agreeing with Perez at Madrid in that the survival of clubs is under threat.
At the weekend Klopp said “ Ten games instead of six and no idea where to put them in. The only people who never get asked are the players, the coaches, the supporters.” He said the only reason for the new format was money. “You can’t have 20 teams in a league, 2 cup competitions, 10 international games before Christmas. These things aren’t possible.”
I suppose one possible solution would be for the teams competing in Europe be allowed not to compete in the League Cup or for it to become a cup for the Football League and not the Premier League. Maybe even the same with the FA Cup. After all, it’s been pretty obvious for years that coaches want to rest their top players for games like these by playing a blend of youth and experience and only bringing some players on when needed. Clearly coaches feel their top athletes can’t cope with the current number of games and that means bigger squads which means a bigger wage bill.
If we accept that European matches bring in more revenue than the League Cup and FA Cup then you can see why UEFA think expanding the CL is the way forward. The coaches don’t think they can cope. Something has to give and it looks like home cup competitions. More European matches, fewer home matches and no “wet Wednesdays at Stoke”. Sounds a bit like the European Super League.
It seems to me they are all the same. UEFA, ESL just fighting over who gets the money.
Maybe all that was missing from the ESL was promotion / relegation? Because unless something gives, that’s what we will eventually get anyway. Or no club to support. Apparently.