YesCan you really see UEFA kicking Madrid out of the CL and the rags out of the Europa?
You cut off a gangrenous foot to save a leg.Can you really see UEFA kicking Madrid out of the CL and the rags out of the Europa?
Into the europa!So we’re likely to be kicked out of the CL this week according to some rumours
If you're still playing by the rules of 48 hours ago, you haven't quite grasped this.Can you really see UEFA kicking Madrid out of the CL and the rags out of the Europa?
I have hope that Pep is going to go in two-footed on those that made this decision in the press conference tomorrow. Don’t let me down. Klopp confirmed he is dead against it, I think he will walk if it becomes clear there is absolutely no way back. I’d like to think Pep would too. They will have known nothing about it. Pep was potentially on the brink of a monumental season, and now it’s all been made meaningless by those above him. How could he not be pissed by that? All the work he did in this most testing of seasons was a complete and utter waste of his time. I do hope he stands up for what is right, he usually does. Maybe I’m just being naive but I’d like to think he will side with the fans in this. He must be angry at the way this season has become pointless.
With Tuesday-Wednesday evening matches kicking off at say 3:00 am in Singapore?And to your last point, given that the US is already so influential in culture/entertainment in terms of music, cinema etc, I guess fans in Asia could easily get on board with a US-ified version of football.
There is, and it must be derailed.There's been a lot of statements today by people of varying importance and a lot of them full of hot air so there seems to be a bit of an air of possibly stopping this which is, IMO, massively misguided.
We will start reaching the bargaining stage soon, and The Guardian have published and article on a document they've seen that guarantees over 3x the current solidarity payments. That's about €300m per year more than the current amount - and probably split between much fewer countries.
Presumably similar concessions will be made to the Premier League, and then clubs will be faced with 1) Kicking the clubs out and probably bankrupting themselves when the TV deal drops by 75%, or 2)keep the big 6 and get some money they desperately need in the pandemic. How many clubs in the PL who are never realistically going to get in the CL would take a cheque to make it guaranteed, but maybe guarantee their own survival as well? I think quite a few will consider it - they only need 1 to stop the league kicking them out.
Right now it's easy to be completely against this because no one knows much about it. By the time the 12 clubs have gone to their meetings, and laid out the bottom line...positions will soften.
The owners of the other 14 clubs are no less greedy, no less selfish than the 6 who are breaking away, and the truth is if they were offered a place they'd all take it. Remember project breakaway last year? Half the clubs who opposed it changed their tune as soon as they hear about the actual money they'd get from it.
I'm afraid there's no stopping this train.
It's either that or they essentially cease to exist so yesCan you really see UEFA kicking Madrid out of the CL and the rags out of the Europa?