According to the Daily Mail, Michel Platini is close to establishing strict financial criteria clubs must meet in order to participate in the Champions League.Clubs that make consecutive losses over three seasons will be barred from the competition if the new regulations are passed by the UEFA organization.
Clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester City are also said to be in trouble as both respective owners have been writing off their clubs' huge debts.
Chelsea posted a £44.4million loss last season, which was their sixth consecutive season posting a massive loss.
Manchester City posted losses of £92m in Sheik Mansour’s first year of ownership and could match Chelsea's record loss of £140m from 2005 in the coming years.
With Liverpool posting a loss of £40.9m in 2008, the £40m sale of Torres would help offset the loss and allow the club to participate in the competition.
If Chelsea, Manchester City or Liverpool have any ambitions in the Champions League, the new proposed regulations might hinder their opportunities.
Or, if teams like these (including RM, MU +++) are excluded from CL, we´ll see the dawn of the new European Super League, or whatever it will be called, compiled by all the top European teams and detached from FIFA, UEFA and the respective FA´s. How about THEM apples?
ReplyDeleteIn other words; no worries. Platini should focus on getting rid of the mass corruption that is about to destroy The Beautiful Game.
Ya definitively, these corruption distroy the real passion of the game.
ReplyDeleteThe soccer should be like full of Passion, Purity, Fair game, Dedication and Loyalty. That make the common club into the Great One.