London, England – June 1: Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti will be playing the final match of the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF at Wembley Stadium on June 1 After the team’s victory in the team, lift the UEFA Champions League Trophy. 2024, London, England. (Photo: Alex Panling/Getty Images)
Lega Serie A CEO Luigi de Siervo says that while UEFA revenues will block European Super Leagues, some clubs will spend heavily on qualifying for the Champions League and “dominating” domestic tournaments This warns that it also creates “financial instability.”
De Siervo spoke at Hamburg’s top league perspective panel, the Spobis Challenges of European Football, pointing out some of the ways in which the new format of the Champions League has benefited club football.
It was developed to prey on the threat of European Super League. This was a closed system that allowed for enormous revenues, ensuring that only a certain number of clubs could participate each year.
“In recent years, soccer has faced important battles, including attempts to introduce closed models like the Super League,” says De Siervo.
“This project was firmly rejected by fans, UEFA and all European leagues because they believe in football based on the merits of the sport and open competition. Today, the idea of the Super League is clear. He is dead, and I am confident that one of the main reasons is that the large clubs that promoted this initiative are benefiting greatly from the new Champions League format.
“This model will ensure they are very high revenues and reduce interest in finding alternative solutions. Intel, for example, has already pocketed 900 million euros from UEFA in this first part of the season. Masu.
“A similar situation is reflected in European leagues where revenue from the Champions League phase qualifiers alone is 20 times higher than what they earned from winning domestic titles. Meanwhile, this is And, in the long run, the tournament risks losing competitiveness, creating an increasingly large gap between the top team and the other teams.”
Champions League Qualifications or Bust
De Siervo wants to repeat this as a broader trend, but what has not been seen before in Italy, where Serie A is more unpredictable than ever.
“In the last five years, four different clubs have won Scudettos. This is a sign of a great balance that we want to preserve. In other places like the UK, Germany, France, etc., the disproportionate from the UEFA competition. We see a consolidation of the situation where revenues have the structural advantages that allow a single club to dominate the domestic league for many years and create gaps. It cannot be bridged.”
In that case, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain have more than 60% chances to launch all of their campaigns and win the league.
Among other things, De Siervo warned that the importance of UEFA revenue means that Champions League qualifiers are the main objectives of any season, and that they will fall into a potential financial and sports disaster. Masu.
“This situation has encouraged many clubs to invest beyond their ability to enter the new Champions League, creating an increase in costs that are difficult to maintain. It’s a kind of financial gambling and balance. It inflates the sheet and creates a risk of overall system stability.
“Legga Serie believes that the current model is fundamental to working with UEFA to ensure that it does not create unsustainable imbalances within national leagues. The growth of European football is the country’s domestic tournaments. It needs to be in harmony with and doesn’t undermine the exciting competitive balance until the last day.”
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