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    Champions League - Clubs 'plan breakaway league'

    Top clubs have threatened to break away from FIFA and UEFA and form their own super league unless their concerns over fixtures and finance are addressed.

    According to a report in The Guardian, clubs are disillusioned with the way the European and global game is run, and could create a sensation by setting up their own competitions, possibly under the banner of the European Club Association, which represents 197 clubs including 10 top Premier League sides.

    Europe's clubs have an agreement with UEFA that commits them to tournaments like the Champions League, and obliges them to release players for FIFA competitions - however, this deal expires in 2014.

    The strained relationship between the governing bodies and the clubs was illustrated by a stinging attack on FIFA by Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Wednesday, when he called for a "revolution" in football.

    Rummenigge said: "Sepp Blatter is saying he is cleaning up the game, but the fact that no-one believes him, tells you everything you need to know. I'm not optimistic because they believe the system is working perfectly as it is. It is a money-machine.

    "It is a nice game but it is decided by people who are corrupt. I am not ready to accept the system as it is and I am not alone."

    There is an increasing feeling that FIFA has lost authority, and that its leadership lacks both the will and the means to eliminate corruption.

    An ECA board member told The Guardian: "The fact that Bayern Munich, who have always been close to the institutions, are being so vocal and loud about the situation is a clear sign we're very close to breaking point.

    "We have a memorandum of understanding with UEFA that expires in 2014. After that time we can no longer be forced to respect FIFA statutes or UEFA regulations. And we won't be obliged to compete in their competitions."

    The ECA comprises all of Europe's top clubs, including Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan, plus the following Premier League clubs: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Fulham.


    Champions League - Clubs 'plan breakaway league' - Yahoo! Eurosport

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    Newcastle dont make me laugh

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    Quote Originally Posted by FarangRed
    Newcastle dont make me laugh
    Can you even understand what you read?

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    Would be very interesting, but I see no way of this becoming reality.

    Hopefully their threats will end up weeding out the corruption.

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    Their main concern is paying huge wages to players, only to lose them to pointless fucking FIFA friendlies (and even longer when they're injured).

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    Quote Originally Posted by English Noodles View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FarangRed
    Newcastle dont make me laugh
    Can you even understand what you read?
    He understands, what he is trying to tell you is,

    why´s a shit team like Newcastle being mentioned alongside big names like Fulham

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii
    why´s a shit team like Newcastle being mentioned alongside big names like Fulham
    Because to make this work it's not only the crem de la creme that has to be involved, if this is going to take off it needs a varied base from which to start, an elitist competition will only draw negative comments but to include teams like Newcastle with their good support can only make it more viable.
    I hope the Cloggy's get involved too, I'll not hold my breadth on the Frogs though

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii
    why´s a shit team like Newcastle being mentioned alongside big names like Fulham
    Fulhams greatest success is a runners up place in the 1975 FA Cup final. Newcastle have wone the FA Cup six times, been top flight champions on four occasions and won the old UEFA Cup, but you can be forgiven for being mistaken. Your lack of knowledge about football is obvious every time you post in a thread about the game.

    Jog on plastic Manc, you're just another glory hunting clueless twat who has no connection to the team he has chosen to support this year. You probably supported Chelsea a few years ago, and it could be Liverpool in a few years time if they win the league. Who cares what someone like that thinks? Certainly not a football supporter, that's for sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by English Noodles View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii
    why´s a shit team like Newcastle being mentioned alongside big names like Fulham
    Fulhams greatest success is a runners up place in the 1975 FA Cup final. Newcastle have wone the FA Cup six times, been top flight champions on four occasions and won the old UEFA Cup, but you can be forgiven for being mistaken. Your lack of knowledge about football is obvious every time you post in a thread about the game.

    Jog on plastic Manc, you're just another glory hunting clueless twat who has no connection to the team he has chosen to support this year. You probably supported Chelsea a few years ago, and it could be Liverpool in a few years time if they win the league. Who cares what someone like that thinks? Certainly not a football supporter, that's for sure.
    Of course when you ask most Geordies when they last won something, they'd tell you "Last neet leek" because they haven't grasped that 1955 is a year not a time.



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    ^But at least they support their home town team no matter how good or bad they are doing. Unlike someone born and bred in Birmingham for instance supporting various teams from around the country depending on how well they are doing in that particular era.

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