Don't think it works for anyone. We wouldn't have been able to sign Aguero, Nasri, Clichy, Demichelis, Otamendi, Bernardo, Sane, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Ederson, Walker, Cancelo etc off the top of my head.The bit i dont get is who is pushing for the transfer restriction. I see that blocking big CL teams from being able to sell players and if they can't sell then they can't buy. Over time it would just block up the top clubs. The feeder clubs would most likely suffer the most. So who is pushing for that.
It's not in "groups" it's one group of 36, and you are drawn against 10 of them was my understanding.
Oh right expect that would be seeded?
So its just about money, nothing to do with champions, thought so.This would be an absolutely shit idea, and you only need to think it through for a minute to realise that.
There is no sporting value in excluding Barcelona in order to include Tre Fiori, champions of 55th placed country San Marino. There's absolutely no point. No one would watch it, they can't host a televised game, good players would be injured by part timers and it would be a double figures scoreline.
Bayern smashing through the champions of Albania, Belarus, Malta and Hungary before finally getting a half interesting draw in Ajax or someone is just a shit tournament.
There is a very good reason the old European Cup format was ditched and it's because most of the games were foregone conclusions - and that was 35 years ago when some Eastern European club having a 50,000 seater stadium made them a rich club who could compete with the champions of Germany or Italy
And by the way it would absolutely ruin all those domestic leagues, because whoever got into the first edition would get so much money, they'd never be caught - which is what's already happened in a bunch of the smaller leagues who get CL places.
So its just about money, nothing to do with champions, thought so.
Some clubs need to sell to surviveThe wildcard idea is wank, even though City have the highest coefficient of any English club. And CL clubs not selling players to each other is also another wank idea, how can that work in reality?
I would guess the fans of the champions of Andorra? Why not go the whole hog and have a league of, Bayern, Dortmund, juve, Milan, barca, Madrid, United, arsenal, Liverpool and ajax.Sorry but who gives a fuck about the champions of Andorra?
The idea behind the European cup has always been to put the best sides in Europe against each other. The first tournaments, the clubs were picked by a magazine FFS.
Owners. Take away transfer fees and clubs look very profitable, while taking away any incentiveto increase wages. Also itd be part of a collection of us style moves that give owners huge powers over their players. Restricting players mobility always benefits the owners.The bit i dont get is who is pushing for the transfer restriction. I see that blocking big CL teams from being able to sell players and if they can't sell then they can't buy. Over time it would just block up the top clubs. The feeder clubs would most likely suffer the most. So who is pushing for that.
I find this really interesting, the new format and 2 byes is meh, Juve, Bayern, PSG and the Spanish 2 haven't been with 20 points of missing out on qualification so this only applicable the English sides.
The transfer stuff is mad, the debt is out of control so I can see the reasoning behind it but on the other side these clubs then have assets with no value. If City wanted to sell Sterling the market would be about 6 clubs, 2 of which will be rivals for CL spots so they won't sell to them. That leaves the likes of Villa or Valencia. The net result is transfer fees fall of a cliff which is a good thing. I just can't see the teams agreeing to it or it been legal within EU employment law.
Contray to what others have said it would also make it easier for Newcastle Everton types to grow and challenge. If they came into money they would have a free run at players surplus at CL clubs. It would be quicker and cheaper than what City done.
Yep and if any club even City wanted to sell a big name player the only clubs who could afford the fee would be another CL club.Some clubs need to sell to survive
Don't understand this, does that mean all your players are not transferable. What happens if a player wants to leave a club?See another one of his ideas is to prohinit transfers between champions league clubs.
Claims it will help the "smaller " clubs financially
Yep and if any club even City wanted to sell a big name player the only clubs who could afford the fee would be another CL club.
Don't understand this, does that mean all your players are not transferable. What happens if a player wants to leave a club?
This is what he said.Don't understand this, does that mean all your players are not transferable. What happens if a player wants to leave a club?
That is not what happens in the NFL.I think it would be like in American football where they have an algorithm based on the previous year's rankings that makes sure everyone gets an equally difficult schedule even though you don't play every side.
I'd actually love to see City play in a proper World Club Championship. There should have been one held this summer in China but has been delayed because of Covid, apparently looking to reschedule for 2022 or 2023So then you can go on to the bigger prizes of the European Super Cup and the World Club Championships?
Utter BOLLOCKS.