UAE behind rival to CL?

[Prestwich_Blue]

https://www.ft.com/content/3a9acf48-3dc3-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/sports/soccer/fifa-club-world-cup.html

This could be interesting. It seems a number of investors, including unnamed ones in China, the US, Saudi Arabia the UAE, are working with FIFA to set up a club world cup. Although the plan is to hold this every 4 years, UEFA apparently are "wary" as they see it as a rival to the Champions League.

They're supposedly putting $25bn into this and expecting revenues of the same amount. Interesting.

 

[bluethrunthru]

https://www.ft.com/content/3a9acf48-3dc3-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4

This could be interesting. It seems a number of investors, including unnamed ones in China, the US, Saudi Arabia the UAE, are working with FIFA to set up a club world cup. Although the plan is to hold this every 4 years, UEFA apparently are "wary" as they see it as a rival to the Champions League.

They're supposedly putting $25bn into this and expecting revenues of the same amount. Interesting.

No thanks................just money talking again

 

[Petetheblu]

No thanks................just money talking again

So carry on with the norm of shitting on us then? Or hopefully get a more balanced playing field.

Won't happen as the G9 will have to boycott it.

I'd love it.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

More on this. It seems the Chinese backer could well be CMC, who own 14% of City Football Group. If so it shouldn't be hard to work out who the UAE backer is. It would be nice to see UEFA effectively emasculated. I've heard snippets for a while suggesting that our owners are looking to bypass UEFA's corruption and protectionsim of its old guard by setting up a new competition. This must be it.

 

[bluethrunthru]

So carry on with the norm of shitting on us then? Or hopefully get a more balanced playing field.

Won't happen as the G9 will have to boycott it.

I'd love it.

For me its just football prostituting itself out again and looking at the likely backers we will just get shit again - FLAK over the money we might win and so on.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

So carry on with the norm of shitting on us then? Or hopefully get a more balanced playing field.

Won't happen as the G9 will have to boycott it.

I'd love it.

Imagine guaranteeing clubs like Bayern, Barca, Juve, Chelsea, etc a minimum £1bn each to take part, but not the rags. They'd jump at it.

 

[oakiecokie]

Imagine guaranteeing clubs like Bayern, Barca, Juve, Chelsea, etc a minimum £1bn each to take part, but not the rags. They'd jump at it.

Lets give Oldham and Accrington a few bob as well. ;)

 

[Bill]

Anything that rids us of the cancer that is UEFA is fine by me.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Happy with that, anything that pisses on Eufa’s chips is okay in my book.

In fact I’ll chuck in £5

 

[Gazza]

I can't wait to boo a different anthem.