Fifa chief threatens World Cup ban for players involved in potential European Super League
Reports of a breakaway league made of Europe’s top clubs resurfaced last year.
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Reports of a breakaway league made of Europe’s top clubs resurfaced last year.
The governing body are set to make a decision on whether to retain the 12-nation hosting arrangement in March.
European football’s governing body added that it is too early to say whether the pandemic will result in restrictions on fans or where the games will be staged, however.
The coronavirus pandemic necessitated a change of format to finish off the 2019-20 competitions.
The decision to loosen the restrictions is subject to national authorities giving the green light.
Clubs are usually obliged to release players to national teams during those parts of the calendar.
It’s ‘a disgraceful decision’ according to the Tottenham boss.
The club are free to play in next season’s competition.
Uefa confirmed the news in a statement this evening.
The competition is due to be run off from the last eight in the Portuguese city.
Uefa have also confirmed the Irish sides have seen their Champions League and Europa League qualifiers reduced to one-legged ties.
The competition is set to be finished in a ‘Final Eight’ format, to be held in Portugal at the end of August.
The competition could be completed as single-leg ties from the last eight stage onwards.
The club have appealed a two-season ban from European competition for Financial Fair Play breaches.
Meanwhile, the Serie A season finish has been pushed back to 20 August – with the new campaign to begin on 1 September.
Ceferin is confident that football can get back on track right across Europe.
‘Our sport is facing an unprecedented challenge brought about by the Covid-19 crisis.’
The national member associations of European football’s governing body gathered for a conference call on Tuesday.
“I believe there are options that can allow us to restart cup championships and to complete them,” European football’s top administrator says.
The Slovenian has dismissed the notion of Jurgen Klopp’s side missing out on the trophy if the 2019-20 season is voided.
The warning has come as a response to the Belgian Pro League recommending that the remainder of the current campaign is cancelled.
The rescheduled games have been postponed again today after Uefa’s conference call with its 55 member associations.
Man City, Tottenham and Wolves have also been told to pay up because of various infringements in Uefa competitions.
Uefa mulling over four options before crunch talks this week – and will consider a lengthy delay to complete this campaign.
The showcase matches will not take place in May, as scheduled.
The European football body said earlier that Euro 2020 would keep its name despite being played in 2021.
Gabriele Gravina, the head of their football federation, wants the tournament to be put off.
It’s understood that everything is on the table, including the possibility of moving the competition.
The tournament is still set to go ahead in Rome later this summer.
Uefa has announced that Olympiacos-Wolves and Sevilla-Roma will be played without supporters due to fears around the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, German official Rainer Koch was elected to succeed John Delaney on Uefa’s executive committee.
Chief executive Ferran Soriano claims Uefa’s case ‘seems to be less about justice and more about politics’.
City were given a two-year ban from Uefa club competitions on Friday.
The former Liverpool captain is waiting to see if the Premier League follow Uefa’s lead in punishing the Blues.
The former Ireland striker, along with his new colleagues at the FAI, have been tasked with reinvigorating the game in this country.
The FAI is currently saddled with debts of around €62 million.
Shane Ross also described the return of former board member John Earley to a new FAI sub-committee as “unusual.”
The Minister met with Uefa and FAI Chair Roy Barrett today, as talks to find a deal to safeguard the financial future of the crisis-hit football body intensify.
The football body are in a mess, and they can’t rely on the State to bail them out.
Uefa have announced changes that will see it resemble the men’s competition.