Champions League restructuring

[Bobby Boy]

Disappointed with Klopp's post match interview. Having a go at Gary Neville and Leeds wearing anti-Super League t-shirt pre-game, saying what good guys the owners are.

[ChicagoLion]

Is this a perfect time to impose a 'worldwide cap' on players wages and then the big clubs might not resort to these desperate measures?

Players wages have got completely out of hand and need to be more realistic. GBP30,000 a week is more than enough for anyone to have a luxurious life.

This is a good time to bring football back into the real world and might even reduce the fans admission fee.

Let the 12 greedy clubs make profits through reduced expenses rather than increased TV revenue.

Just a thought.

impossible

[cdbearsfan]

Yes, BBC Sport suggested he had strongly opposed the league, he had done nothing of the sort.

[adrenachrome]

Matt Law@Matt_Law_DT·42mI'm told Chelsea and Manchester City were informed the Super League was going ahead last week and were basically given the option of get on board or risk being left behind. They were not drivers of the plan...

[cdbearsfan]

Is this a perfect time to impose a 'worldwide cap' on players wages and then the big clubs might not resort to these desperate measures?

Players wages have got completely out of hand and need to be more realistic. GBP30,000 a week is more than enough for anyone to have a luxurious life.

This is a good time to bring football back into the real world and might even reduce the fans admission fee.

Let the 12 greedy clubs make profits through reduced expenses rather than increased TV revenue.

Just a thought.

impossible

Impossible and unfair, to be honest. We all think footballers are paid too much (at the top level, at least), but I don't see why they should bear the brunt of this backlash. They've done nothing wrong, the owners have.

[Percy McCarthy]

Are we now officially one of 'The Gang Of Fourteen'?

Worst tribute ever! And I've seen ''...from The Jam"*


*I haven't but if that doesn't get Percy posting, I don't know what will...

The saving grace of any Jam tribute act, no matter how bad, is that out of every tribute act in the world, they’ve got the best songs. Apart from maybe The Style Councillors.

[pooligan]

Who cares what Bingo has to say ,i certainly don't  he spouts a lot of bollocks most of the time

[sickbeggar]

Matt Law@Matt_Law_DT·42mI'm told Chelsea and Manchester City were informed the Super League was going ahead last week and were basically given the option of get on board or risk being left behind. They were not drivers of the plan...

hmmm. not surprised. This seems to have American hands all over it

[cdbearsfan]

The main instigators seem to be Man U, Real Madrid and Juventus. So one third American, for what it's worth.

[Hockley Lion]

So what exactly was the criteria for inclusion in this fabulous league? Could it be levels of debt they are all in?

Big city
Big stadium
Owners of dubious morality who would agree to be part of it

Yes, and large viewing figures for their games shown in "emerging markets".

J.P. Morgan are largely funding this, and you can be sure they have run the numbers.   

JP Morgan don't always get it right. They had to pay a record 13 billion dollar settlement with regulators in 2013 over their mortgage operations leading up to the financial crisis. If they've misjudged the mood and the repercussions it could go badly wrong for them too. I bet the hostility wasn't factored into the business model. They probably thought everyone would think it's a great idea.

[Toronto Villa]

I think it stinks, however if anyone thinks they are going to get kicked out / punished domestically and players punished at national level you are fooling yourself.

It’s still a capitalist industry and there’s not a thing UEFA or FIFA can do about it.

It's neo-liberalism at an extreme. Once again I think the bankers have overplayed their hand, I really don't believe for a minute they understand the depth and importance fans give to their teams and the game in general.

The bankers have never met a real football fan. And I imagine the likes of Woodward and Henry have done their level best to avoid them. They have taken their cues from some presentation of Asia and the Middle East and Asia where everyone is a fan of Man U, Chelsea etc. What they also likely believed is that fans in England local to those clubs would all have jumped for joy at this. But even if all of them didn’t well fuck them. And as for the grassroots of the game...

[olaftab]

Yes, BBC Sport suggested he had strongly opposed the league, he had done nothing of the sort.

He behaved like a totally evasive ******  during his pre-match interview.

[TonyD]

So what exactly was the criteria for inclusion in this fabulous league? Could it be levels of debt they are all in?

Big city
Big stadium
Owners of dubious morality who would agree to be part of it

Yes, and large viewing figures for their games shown in "emerging markets".

J.P. Morgan are largely funding this, and you can be sure they have run the numbers.   

JP Morgan don't always get it right. They had to pay a record 13 billion dollar settlement with regulators in 2013 over their mortgage operations leading up to the financial crisis. If they've misjudged the mood and the repercussions it could go badly wrong for them too. I bet the hostility wasn't factored into the business model. They probably thought everyone would think it's a great idea.

Yep,  some suits in NY haven’t a clue what the game means here. 

[PaulWinch again]

Yes, BBC Sport suggested he had strongly opposed the league, he had done nothing of the sort.

He behaved like a totally evasive ******  during his pre-match interview.

I’m not sure he did. I thought he probably went as far as he could at this time.

[ChicagoLion]

There is a lot of liquidity out there looking for yield and JP Morgan is the conduit not the principal.