Uefa plans third European club competition from 2021

[domalino]

Not enough space left in the calendar to accommodate this micky mouse competition, European football is about the best teams in Europe playing each other not mid table clashes.

It doesn't take up any more time in the calendar, it would run parallel to Europa/CL.

Also why are people pretending European football is about the best vs. the best when the 4th, 5th, 6th sometimes 7th best sides from top countries are in European competitions already?

 

[domalino]

I know this is a particularly English trait, but most of the PL clubs don't care about the Europa League as it is. They'll care even less about a third-tier competition. The last thing teams finishing 7-9th need is MORE football. Their squads are stretched enough as it is.

And I can't imagine it being financially rewarding either if Burnley vs. Getafe is the kind of fare they'll be offering to broadcasters/advertisers.

That's not an English trait, it's a top 6 trait. Burnley fans desperately wanted to get into European football, as did Leicester fans who got a taste of European football in 16/17.

 

[Theengelbert]

I think this is all part of keeping the big clubs big. Europa already ruins any smaller clubs chances of making that step up. Eg. Burnley. This will do it on a bigger scale

 

[bluemoon32]

Why not just have the Cup Winners Cup as previously

 

[dadnlad]

do the shit teams in europa league drop into quarter final stage ?

 

[Fred_Quimby]

At this rate the top 10 teams in every league will play in a European cup. How long before we get a European League which is what teams like the rags have been after for a long time.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Yeah but they would probably struggle to qualify if only the top 10 teams in each league got into a Euro competition..!

 

[Dubai Blue]

That's not an English trait, it's a top 6 trait. Burnley fans desperately wanted to get into European football, as did Leicester fans who got a taste of European football in 16/17.

I wasn't talking about the fans, but the clubs themselves. Regardless of how their supporters felt, Burnley would have soon jettisoned the Europa League if they felt it was getting in the way of their PL performance.

 

[domalino]

I wasn't talking about the fans, but the clubs themselves. Regardless of how their supporters felt, Burnley would have soon jettisoned the Europa League if they felt it was getting in the way of their PL performance.

Burnley maybe, but Everton, Leicester, Watford etc are trying to build towards more than just survival, and a competition they could actually win would definitely appeal to them.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Teams coming 3rd in their respective CL groups should not drop into the Europa League, makes a mockery of having 2 separate competitions, the whole UEFA model stinks to high heaven...!