ECA’s vice-president Aki Riihilahti working hard in the company.Crystal palace’s Aki Riihilahti celebrating goals Fulhamia against in 2004. AOP
makes it practically weekly work Juventus president Andrea Agnellin , as well as Real madrid’s vice-president of Pedro Lopez Jimenez and Manchester united’s ceo, Ed Woodward .
the Barcelona chair Josep Maria Bartomeu , Arsenal, Milan ceo shifted to Ivan Gazidis and ajax’s ceo Edwin van der Sar are familiar faces HJK:n Aki Riihilahdelle .
ECA is the European football clubs the organisation and Agnelli its chairman.
the New competition
the European football association uefa’s new club competition starts in 2021.
Uefa according to information provided by the new competition ranked in the Champions league and the European league below. The group stage is involved in 32 followed as the Champions league and European league.
mini any 34 countries playing in the group stage.
currently reading is 25.
the group stage will be 16 more seats.
most Likely, many of the Finnish company is placed in the first round, or at least against the will of the rankings considerably easier opponent. The chance of winning improves substantially. Percentage from the group stage.
in General is not known that Riihilahti has been as well presented that I decided by the reforms.
Money risk
the biggest clubs are public already questioned it, that the union and the league make money for their risk. They want to be more involved themselves in matters concerning decision-making and that Europe played a more sure and faster and longer.
I Believe that in general the domestic series will continue to be based, and the test match is being played normally, but that international competition is developing even stronger on the side, Riihilahti said.
– the Question is that if such a model football is evolving, it is only reasonable that there also be playing as many as possible European country. Many believe that those who produce money, need money get, Riihilahti said.
Road blocked
in Europe it is important that the size of a football growth.
We became very strong requirement and the concrete proposals, that more countries should be able to play euro games. Now karsintatie has made it virtually impossible, Riihilahti said.
Probabilities are small: the Europe of the 27 smallest country on average only one year to the block stage, in recent years even less. This is the last ten years of statistical fact.
– Big countries hiffaavat that player development can’t happen just in the top-five countries, but players will today from all over the world, Riihilahti said.
– it Is important that player development remains good. Euro games are an important way how it possible.
2024
Joukkuem add Riihilahti believes that an excellent thing. He wasn’t for the three different levels of position, but it was the best possible compromise.
Now let’s think about for years 2021-24.
– Focus is there, what happens after 2024, Riihilahti said.
– it is a Question of how the changing market will operate, and how football’s development can be modified much more sensible. Now’s business environment is not allowed, for example, small countries follow the growth of the actually any.
the Year 2021, the start of the eurocup reform is the first step.
– it would Seem that the future trend in Europe is going so that the countries played maybe 10-20% more Europe and 10-20% less in the domestic league, Riihilahti stress.
– This will in each country to the event. Why didn’t it happened in Finland. The Finnish football association and Finnish veikkausliiga economic conditions, growth will already largely European, not domestic.
Riihilahti means Uefa and Fifa competitions, the player sales and the international market as indirectly also the tv market. Football leaks -rumors has also been talk big most of the clubs own races, but these Riihilahti does not want to take a position.
domestically, the current of things, making the current way does not increase the Finnish football field.
in the Everyday life of the clubs bear the entrepreneurial responsibility and the financial risk just like when you played in the world championships and european championships and euro games.
in a Short time has been a big transition that will follow you is making taken a totally different account than ever before, Riihilahti said.
– he who carries the financial risk, also gets to decide themselves on the issues. It is a very long question.
