City in 'clandestine' meeting about breakaway Europe league?

[Hazy2]

The scum,dippers are playing each other in a 2nd rate comp. If ever there was an indicator of the footballing landscape changing this is it.

[aaron bond]

Discussion was about more than just the summer tournament according to this:

http://www.skysports.com/share/10190919

Charlie Stillitano is just an American businessman who has an MLS "pedigree" that he's turned into being a star-fucking footy exec wannabe who pals around with the footballing elite.

I listen to him on the radio a couple times a week and he's an insufferable douchebag who name drops Baconface every couple minutes.

You're reading too much into this because you don't know the characters involved i think dude.

cheers

It's not unreasonable to think that the old 'big 4' would meet to discuss changes to the CL or look at the possibility of a European super league.

And with our strong business model and us being the most successful English side over the last 5 years, it's not unreasonable to see that we are now part of these discussions.

I personally would hate the idea of certain teams guaranteed a spot in the CL because of their 'history'. But with the amount of money involved, I seriously doubt they were meeting just to discuss a pre-season tournament.

The talks may well come to nothing. But it doesn't mean they were not talking about something bigger.

[DoomMerchant]

Discussion was about more than just the summer tournament according to this:

http://www.skysports.com/share/10190919

Charlie Stillitano is just an American businessman who has an MLS "pedigree" that he's turned into being a star-fucking footy exec wannabe who pals around with the footballing elite.

I listen to him on the radio a couple times a week and he's an insufferable douchebag who name drops Baconface every couple minutes.

You're reading too much into this because you don't know the characters involved i think dude.

cheers

It's not unreasonable to think that the old 'big 4' would meet to discuss changes to the CL or look at the possibility of a European super league.

And with our strong business model and us being the most successful English side over the last 5 years, it's not unreasonable to see that we are now part of these discussions.

I personally would hate the idea of certain teams guaranteed a spot in the CL because of their 'history'. But with the amount of money involved, I seriously doubt they were meeting just to discuss a pre-season tournament.

The talks may well come to nothing. But it doesn't mean they were not talking about something bigger.

serious question -- are you an American?

cheers

[Beefymcfc]

Do you know, I have no issues with a European League as long as the format is right.

At the moment a team who goes straight to the groups and makes it to the finals plays 13 games. If they could come up with a league format that has the league winners from the best 7 leagues playing each other then no problems. However, we all know it's not about that, it's about money and sponsorship.

Is it any wonder that they are talking about this with the likes of the Rags and Dippers no longer guaranteed a starting spot and Chelsea completely failing to make an impression. Does anybody really think that sponsors, such as BT, Gazprom etc, want to pay huge sums to promote the likes of Leicester?

The question is, as a supporter, would you pay good money to watch a team, in a so called 'Champions' league, when they are there purely because they are greedy bastards?

[BlueinBosnia]

The question is, as a supporter, would you pay good money to watch a team, in a so called 'Champions' league, when they are there purely because they are greedy bastards?

The question isn't really 'would you pay good money', but more 'would someone out there pay good money'. And I think the answer to that is a big 'Yes'. Imagine a league with 10 teams, each playing each other 3 times - home, away and 'neutral', in the USA, Indonesia, etc., with teams pimped out to other confederations as 'guest stars' in domestic or continental cups - something that even South America would probably want a piece of.

I hate the idea, personally, but it's a dream scenario for executives and sponsors alike.

[Beefymcfc]

The question is, as a supporter, would you pay good money to watch a team, in a so called 'Champions' league, when they are there purely because they are greedy bastards?

The question isn't really 'would you pay good money', but more 'would someone out there pay good money'. And I think the answer to that is a big 'Yes'. Imagine a league with 10 teams, each playing each other 3 times - home, away and 'neutral', in the USA, Indonesia, etc., with teams pimped out to other confederations as 'guest stars' in domestic or continental cups - something that even South America would probably want a piece of.

I hate the idea, personally, but it's a dream scenario for executives and sponsors alike.

For PL teams there wouldn't be so much of a pull to leave so it would have to run alongside the PL to tempt them there.