A third european club competition in football will have a huge impact and be a threat to the sport itself.
this is the sound warning from the best Spanish league, La Primera Division (La Liga), on Thursday.
The union of European Football associations, UEFA, announced recently the plans for a new club competition.
The need to complement the Champions League and the Europa League.
But plans for a third tournament brings ’the future of european football in danger’. That is how it sounds in a statement from the La Liga.
– Basic concerns that have to do with the clubs long-term health, scheduling, tv rights, the competitive balance in the national leagues and the relationship between the national leagues and european club competitions, has been ignored, writes La Liga in a message.
– Although the european leagues have approved a third club competition, so UEFA can not make these decisions without responding to the leagues, who will be affected, and it is added to.
The new tournament is expected to start in the season 2021/2022. It will consist of 32 teams in the group stage, inform UEFA.
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