:focal(379x261:389x251):watermark(cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ipmgroup/6LJWAO74QZHR7KW5AX2LGSOHQQ.png,0,-0,0,100)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ipmgroup/3BA7PLWZKNFLNPJFRKDRXNBWDU.jpg "“UEFA Contemplates Playing Champions League Matches in the USA for Profit”")
The news did not really hit the headlines. However, it does not lack spice. The other day, on a random podcast, Aleksander Ceferin, President of UEFA, hinted that Champions League matches could, in the future, be played in the United States. Implicitly, the objective is clear: to further conquer the American market and generate additional financial income. In itself, in the midst of economic globalization, the approach is rather logical. Except that it is clearly inspired by the business model dear to this moribund Super League whose objective is precisely to make European football more profitable. It is certainly very paradoxical.
On the one hand, Ceferin rides on his high horse and gets hives at the mere mention of the creation of a new private competition, closed and piloted by rebel clubs. And, on the other hand, he willingly copies his specifications. Recently, he had already changed the format of the Champions League by increasing both the number of participating clubs and the amount of prize money. And now he’s contemplating the occasional exile of the big-eared cup to another continent. And all this while we await in the coming weeks the final verdict of the Luxembourg court on the legitimacy of the Super League project and on a possible abuse of a dominant position by UEFA. But other than that, everything is fine. Like the ball.
UEFA won’t just make friends: Ceferin plans to play Champions League final on another continent
2023-05-03 08:34:00
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