What does European league mean for Everton
So why do these clubs need to create a European League when they effectively already have one? UEFA has been trying to forstall this from happening by caving into demands from the big names to change the compeition and ensure virtually guarateed access regardless of whether they had finished in one of the now many qualifying places avaialble.
The new even more bloated format would have given certain select clubs a backdoor into the Champions League using a formula based on recent past appearances.
But even though the football authorities are bending over backwards to apease these clubs it hasn’t apparently worked and they have decided to go their own way. Given all this, it’s rich to hear UEFA claiming they are now concerned for the integrity of the game!
I think there’s another reason why this is happening now and that’s the impact of the last year. The previous twelve months and the reaction to Covid 19 has radically changed life and football, possibly forever. Most of the top European clubs have taken a huge hit from this and so they are desperate for a new way to make more money from their still very poular product.
However, I think the football authorities in each European country should take tough action as all clubs have suffered in this situation, not just the elite ones and a closed euro league for the few would have huge negative impact on grassroots football.
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So ban all these clubs immediately from their respective domestic leagues and here the FA should also prevent Chelsea playing in the FA Cup final they’ve just reached. After all if they have so little respect for their own country’s game why should they enjoy it’s rewards?
What would happen then is that the Premier League would now have Leciester City top, West Ham second and Everton third, presumably in a Champions League place. And in the FA Cup the best Premier League team in the quarter-finals or beyond apart from Chelsea and City should have Chelsea’s place in the final.. oh wait that means Everton!
Seriously though what does all this potential chaos mean for the Toffees? Well it’s obvious the Blues aren’t going to be invited to join the new select few and it would have been interesting to see what Farhad Moshiri and co would have done if the club were in that group..?
UEFA and the Premier League are talking of legal challenges but I assume these clubs have done their homework before going ahead and so I’d be surprised if there is an obvious loophole there.
Assuming the super league or whatever it’s called goes ahead, it will obviously radically change English football and there are two ways to see this.
On the one hand the truth is losing these clubs will massively devalue the Premier League and Champions League because as we all know these clubs are the big draw in both tournaments. So financially and in terms of player recruitment, it will presumably have a huge impact.
However, it will open up these competitions and certainly provide Everton with much more chance of winning the traditional big prizes again! We will see how all this unfolds but there’s no doubt this crisis is certainly going to alter football whatever ultimately comes of it.