Infantino is the new prez
Infantino is the new prez
Dorchester Hotel Overrun By Vermin
Won't be going there again if that's the hygiene standard they think is acceptable. Fucking horrible.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/spo...er-League.html
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/...eakway-meetingThe Premier League’s self-styled leading clubs have denied discussing a breakaway European Super League but have admitted to meeting over changes to the format of the Champions League.
Executives from the so-called “big five” of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool were seen leaving a meeting with representatives of the American billionaire Stephen Ross, the creator of the pre-season International Champions Cup, at the Dorchester hotel in London’s Park Lane on Tuesday.
According to a report in the Sun, the executives were holding discussions with Ross’s company Relevent Sports over the formation of a European Super League. However, the clubs were adamant that a rival to the Champions League was not on the agenda and that discussions centred around whether to alter the format of existing European competitions along with their participation in the International Champions Cup.
Arsenal confirmed that the meeting took place but insisted. “We are strongly opposed to any breakaway. Not Arsenal, nor any clubs at the meeting, are seeking changes to the Premier League and European landscape and no conversations surrounding displacing the Premier League or starting a European Super League took place. Discussions were primarily around the ICC and formats of European competitions that would complement the existing Premier League.”
It is understood that Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool are taking a similar line and are insistent that a breakaway was not on the agenda.
Those seen leaving the meeting with Ross were Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman at Old Trafford, the Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck, Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis, City chief executive Ferran Soriano and Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre.
Ross, an American real estate developer who has an estimated wealth of more than £3bn, owns the Miami Dolphins and originated the pre-season International Champions Cup in the United States, China and Australia.
The tournament began in 2013 and last year featured Real Madrid, Manchester City, Roma, Milan, Internazionale, Manchester United, Barcelona, Chelsea, Benfica, Fiorentina and Paris Saint-Germain.
The Melbourne lineup for 2016 has just been announced, with Atlético Madrid taking on Tottenham, Juventus and the A-League champions Melbourne Victory at the MCG in July.
Uefa said it had no concrete proposals to change the format of its European competitions but was regularly reviewing the situation.
A spokesman said: “We are constantly reviewing the formats of our competitions in consultations with stakeholders and also with the ECA [European Club Association]. At the moment, there are no concrete proposals on the table. We have just gone into a new three-year cycle for Champions League and Europa League, so we cannot offer any further comment at this stage.”
The Premier League said it had no comment to make when contacted on Wednesday.
Gullible Volunteer or Gatekeeper, what does the G stand for these days? Interesting greed timeline here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...hat-it-is.html
2009 - Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger predicted a super league would become reality within 10 years. The new TV rights package runs 2016/17-2018/19. I may question Wenger on absolutely anything and everything that happens on a football pitch, but when he talks about his first love I listen. Would anyone here watch if these cocks get their way? I wouldn't, it would be unbearable. But it could be a good thing in one way. Maybe real domestic football clubs could spring up again to fill the void.
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David Squires in epic form today.
Theres a rumour on MSN that Ramos and CR7 have handed in transfers at Real.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...mment-69766924
Last edited by Globalgunner; 02-03-2016 at 02:21 PM.
Make 2mrw better than 2day
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...lie-stillitanoChampions League does not need likes of Leicester, says US sports executive... “What would Manchester United argue: did we create soccer or did Leicester create [it]?” said Stillitano, who met United’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, on Tuesday. “Let’s call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester? It’s a wonderful, wonderful story – but you could see it from Manchester United’s point of view, too.”
If the Premier League season ended now, Leicester and Tottenham would qualify for the Champions League alongside Arsenal and Manchester City.
“Maybe that is absolutely spectacular unless you are a Manchester United fan, Liverpool fan … or a Chelsea fan,” Stillitano said. “I guess they don’t have a birthright to be in it every year but it’s the age-old argument: US sports franchises versus what they have in Europe. There are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful elements to relegation and promotion and there are good arguments for a closed system.”
Stillitano believes Europe’s biggest clubs deserve to make more cash from the Champions League, given their contribution to making it such a financial success. He said fans are more likely to watch the Juventus v Bayern Munich and Arsenal v Barcelona games in the current round of 16 rather than matches involving PSV Eindhoven and Ghent.
“This is going to sound arrogant and it’s the furthest thing from it … but suddenly when you see the teams we have this summer in the ICC you are going to shake your head and say, ‘Isn’t that the Champions League?’” Stillitano said. “No, the Champions League is PSV and Ghent.”
Voicing the complaints he hears from clubs, Stillitano said: “I could make a lot more money, I can be a lot more visible, I can help my sponsors out but right now I am locked into doing certain things that are really historic.”
At some point the fans are going to have to organise and fight back. If we don't do this then we lose the game forever. When you get this amount of money concentrated into one target the con-artists and rapists will be drawn like flies to shit, and Americans are unrivalled world leaders in cultivating shit. Americans telling us how the game needs to be, how the history is an impediment to the marketing. This is precisely why America has become the worst anti-culture in the history of our species. They view culture as quaint but entirely irrelevant when you get down to the brass (and only) tacks of life - money. Culture is where you go on holiday but gee, you wouldn't want to live there.
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Those comments are disgraceful. Sums up everything wrong with football and the perceived nature of what the CL should be.
The thing is this is entirely in our hands. Stop going to games, stop watching. Get your football fix from a local team.
The bubble won't burst until we burst it.
If a bunch of smelly, rapist gypsies set up camp in your back garden what would you do? Stop going to your house? Move out? Go and live in a friend's caravan? These wankers are coming into our game, why should we get out? They are the ones who should fuck off. And die preferably.Originally Posted by Letters
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