The give-and-take to new football competitions. Europe’s Top Teams boycott the enlarged club world Cup the FIFA and want to in turn inflate the Champions League at the expense of the national leagues.
The dispute between Europe’s top clubs, football and the world football Association FIFA, about the new club world Cup goes on. The German record champion FC Bayern Munich has maneuvered through their own fault, between the fronts. While Bayern President Uli Hoeness and Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on the new competition, with 24 Clubs, to be held in the summer of 2021, for the first time, offers, the other European Top clubs in their clear-Boycott stance. “We are not currently ready to participate in this competition”, said the Chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), Andrea Agnelli, on Tuesday in Amsterdam. The Italians requested prior to a possible u-turn for more information and especially concessions made by the FIFA.
So to be clear, for example, to which eight European Teams should participate in the bloated club world Cup. Before this, it is not clear, it can be expected from the top teams, no consent. In negotiations, the FIFA must also describe how the competition was to organize.
So far, only the winner of the Champions League played at the club world Cup from Europe
The FIFA had decided on the Reform of the club world Cup in front of one and a half weeks. A short time before a Letter had become public, in which all 15 of the ECA, members of the Board against the plans had positioned. But then, shortly after the FIFA decision, showed in the FC Bayern and Real Madrid suddenly, however, interest in the new club world Cup. “The club world Cup, I think it’s great,” said Bayern President Hoeness and moved the displeasure of the representatives of the other Top clubs. Zvonimir Boban, Deputy FIFA Secretary General, believes that Bayern and Real were only the first as a result of Falls. In the end, the Croat, would all clubs give in. “We have very good conversations,” said Boban. “I’m sure, all want to be, all this will be.
Champions League on the weekend
The Champions League superseded the League?
Meanwhile, the ECA is planning the Expansion and restructuring of the Champions League. In the process, Agnelli made it clear that Champions League games are not a taboo to be on the weekend more in the future. “We need to plan for the future,” explained the President of Juventus this succinctly, and took refuge then in irony: “to Date, there is a weekend game, and will certainly stay at the weekend,” he said and played with it on the Champions League final, which takes place currently is the only European Cup game on a Saturday at the end of may or beginning of June. For a new Champions League mode by 2024, according to Agnelli at the moment, various models, on weekend games had not been discussed at the talks with UEFA, but still. With a decision he expected in the next twelve to 18 months.
The last rumored and hotly debated Format with a three-part Champions League with promotion and relegation did not want to confirm the Juve boss. Nevertheless, it is among the club officials as the preferred variant. Up to 96 teams could then participate in the Champions League, and there would be games 14 instead of the previously six a group, allowing for each Team, million-would fast revenue.
DFL and Fans agree
DFL CEO Christian Seifert was at the ECA General Assembly in Amsterdam, not a public statement – the Agnelli-message him but extremely miss. The Bundesliga-a Top official of the European Cup had games on the weekend as a “red line” and legal resistance announced. The German Fans are already forming against the reform plans. “The marketing of football makes the fanfreund the rule of law is broken,” said Rainer Vollmer, a spokesman for the community, “Our curve”, the German press Agency (dpa).
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