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Champions League To Destroy The Premier League


Champions League To Destroy The Premier League


The Premier League have come out against the proposed plans to make the UEFA Champions League a closed shop for the top clubs and to stop smaller clubs getting into it.

Sides like Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham United, Leicester City, Newcastle United would all effectively be barred for the premier European competition because entry would be so difficult with only 4 places available in Europe.

If you don't know what the proposals are, take a read at this article, which will open in a new window.

Clubs like West Ham,  Newcastle, Everton to be excluded from the Champions League


Basically, qualification from a 14 game group stage competition into knockout phases, two divisions with promotion and relegation from 2 divisions and the top 21 teams automatically qualifying through Champions League position.

The ramifications of that means it becomes more important than domestic leagues, that first teams will play in Europe, while the squad players will play in the domestic league because it doesn't give qualification to the Champions League.

The Premier League and leagues across Europe and totally against this, it damages their competition, but the rich clubs want guaranteed paydays in Europe and despite the leagues saying the clubs are unanimous, it is the top clubs who are pushing for this and have helped to come up with these proposals.

“The Premier League and our clubs today unanimously reaffirmed our strong opposition to the proposed reform of UEFA club competitions from 2024, which would alter the structure, calendar and competitiveness of league football,” a statement read.

“We believe the proposals – particularly the suggested format and qualification criteria – would be detrimental to domestic leagues across the continent.

“There was unanimous agreement that the domestic game should continue to be the priority for professional clubs, and any changes to the football calendar must respect the requirements of domestic competitions.

“Critically, qualification for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League must continue to depend on current domestic performance.

“The clubs have asked the Premier League to now work with UEFA, fans and other stakeholders across Europe, to identify constructive proposals which improve European club competitions without harming domestic football."

Daniel Levy has put Tottenham in a position to be among the elite. Unlike journalists and editors who write about the 'real' threat of a breakaway league without understanding players wouldn't be able to play international football which would decimate clubs with players leaving, he understands the football business, which includes looking forward and preparing the club for what is to come.

Let's be clear, the big clubs want guaranteed European football for paydays, they, therefore, want to be playing in the top clubs in Europe, not the smaller clubs.

The UEFA Champions league came about to appease these clubs and thus a tournament was devised to give them what they wanted and keep them within the domestic football competition. Top clubs now are threatening a breakaway league again, which won't happen, thus the Champions League have to come up with proposals that appease them again.

Working in conjunction with the European Clubs Association (ECA), making the European competition more important than any domestic league is their proposal.

If the finishing position in the league becomes irrelevant, then the best players will be saved for Champions League games and the international corporate money that brings.

Tottenham have been built, while the previously 7th richest club in the country, Newcastle, haven't. Spurs are starting to see the benefits of that with other clubs. That should be what any chairman who cares about their football club should and should have been doing.

If you understand the football business then you understand Daniel Levy is the best chairman we have ever had. The bigger picture is more important than the small window fans look through, the same window most journalists look through. It's the wrong one.

1 comment

  1. While I recognise that DL has put us in a very enviable position with regards to whatever happens in Europe in the coming years, I have to say that I'm strongly against proposals that guarantee richer clubs the bigger paydays. It's anti- competition and fundamentally against football as a real competitive sport.

    I would expect, were such proposals to come to fruition, that eventually football itself would be seen to suffer as interest switched elsewhere.

    COYS!!