Del Juve 1 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 G14 - Europe's most powerful clubs - will not back Uefa president Michel Platini's plan to give domestic cup winners a Champions League place. The elite G14 group of Europe's top clubs, who this week announced plans to expand membership by the end of the year, possibly to as many as 40 or 50 clubs, have made it clear they will not support Michel Platini's to change the criteria for entry into the Champions League. Uefa president wants to allocate a Champions League place to domestic cup winners. But G14's general manager Thomas Kurth said: "We're opposed to giving cup winners a place in the Champions League. "We're very concerned about the quality of the competition and the damage this could cause," he added. Platini's proposals, which could begin in 2009, would mean that in England, for example, the Premier League's top three and the FA Cup winners would qualif for the Champions League. His proposals would give 16 cup winners a separate qualifying route into Uefa's premier club competition, and an allocation of four automatic places in the lucrative group stages. The proposed changes were discussed by Uefa's Professional Football Strategy Council last month, but after some opposition from the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), Platini deferred the final vote by Uefa's executive by one month. The EPFL, which represents leagues such as the English Premier League, Spain's Primera Liga and Italy's Serie A, was given until the end of October to come up with alternative proposals. Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick has described Platini's plan as a "perfectly reasonable suggestion." Whats your thoughts on the current format of the champions league? What changes if any would you make? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 its fine the way it is, because in cups some of the top teams do not field their strongest teams and it always end up mostly a medicore side who wins thes domestic cups, maybe exception to england and sometimes up here, i dont feel that domestic cup winners should be allowed to enter the europes elite as mosto f them will not be up to scratch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick1200 2,828 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 They should of kept it the way it was, 2 from every country and when they expanded it let the lesser nations have ago. It might of spread the wealth a bit, instead of making the rich clubs richer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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