The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

13 hours ago, Vesper said:

Serie A’s rising stars: ‘Kulu’ – the missing piece of Sarri’s Juve puzzle

 

Or he can be just new Bernardeschi.

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

'Going back to work is pure madness': Brescia owner Massimo Cellino slams efforts to finish the Serie A season and former madcap Leeds owner insists he could FORFEIT every game if the campaign returns out of 'respect' to those affected by the coronavirus

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8179615/Brescia-owner-Massimo-Cellino-slams-efforts-finish-Serie-season.html

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

UEFA suspend Financial Fair Play assessment for 2020-21

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2020/4/2/21204030/uefa-suspend-financial-fair-play-assessment-for-2020-21

Good or bad for us?

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/belgiums-pro-league-cancelled-and-club-brugge-declared-champions-/1te7euvc2td4k1rtsjj9zq410e

[11Drogba 2,000]

Atletico Madrid players confirm they will accept a 70% pay cut during Spain state of emergency in order to protect the salaries of the club's 430 non-playing staff.

[Fernando 6,502]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/belgiums-pro-league-cancelled-and-club-brugge-declared-champions-/1te7euvc2td4k1rtsjj9zq410e

That should be the norm. 

Just finished the season as is and award the title to the first place. 

[Jase 43,479]

20 hours ago, Fernando said:

That should be the norm. 

Just finished the season as is and award the title to the first place. 

How do you just cancel the league and award the title to whoever is in first if it's like Serie A or La Liga, where the top 2 teams are separated by just 1-2 points with 11-12 games to go? Would you be so casual in saying this if we're just 1 point behind Liverpool in 2nd and fighting with them for the title and have 9 games left to play? 

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

27 minutes ago, Fernando said:

That should be the norm. 

Just finished the season as is and award the title to the first place. 

Like Jason said, depends. In Belgium everything is clear. 

With City ban, 5th place get you CL place. Sheffield is two points behind Utd with one game in hand... Who gets CL?

[Laylabelle 9,406]

That's it. Wouldnt work. Especially with teams having games in hand such as Villa which could move them as well.

Different in this situation as it's one game left.

We know Liverpool have more or less won the title its the rest that matters. If we were sat 6th on goal difference behind 4th place say we wouldn't be saying it's how it should go. End it now. 

No easy solution at this stage really.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Fernando 6,502]

If you do the season in July and August then I think that's doable. 

But you have to let the clubs have a pre season in June, you can't put them to restart the season right away. 

[Jase 43,479]

20 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Like Jason said, depends. In Belgium everything is clear. 

With City ban, 5th place get you CL place. Sheffield is two points behind Utd with one game in hand... Who gets CL?

Actually, I was wrong about the Belgian league. Totally forgot that they have the playoff system for the title thing. But the larger point still stands nonetheless.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Hamilton 2,120]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

Actually, I was wrong about the Belgian league. Totally forgot that they have the playoff system for the title thing. But the larger point still stands nonetheless.

Yeah indeed, we were 1 game untill play offs. But Bruges were 15 pts clear, would be 8 at start play offs.

I think for title most clubs agree that it goes to Bruges, for european spots 4 or 5 clubs won’t agree atm

[Hamilton 2,120]

5 hours ago, Fernando said:

If you do the season in July and August then I think that's doable. 

But you have to let the clubs have a pre season in June, you can't put them to restart the season right away. 

And when would you start new season? Or no summer break then..

Imo seasons should end 30th june everywhere..

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

17 hours ago, Hamilton said:

And when would you start new season? Or no summer break then..

Imo seasons should end 30th june everywhere..

With break that we have now for a couple of months and no EURO there should not be a summer break at all!

[Hamilton 2,120]

5 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

With break that we have now for a couple of months and no EURO there should not be a summer break at all!

That should be the case yeah, let’s see how this all turns out..

[Vesper 29,202]

FIFA to extend 2019-20 football season indefinitely

https://theathletic.com/1724322/2020/04/06/fifa-football-coronavirus-season-indefinitely/

FIFA is to confirm an indefinite extension to the 2019-20 season across the globe, allowing each country’s football authority to determine when campaigns can finish.

The game’s world governing body will also alter the dates of the summer transfer window and permit contract extensions for players whose deals run out on June 30.

The plans, which are likely to be revealed in the next 48 hours, will afford maximum flexibility with FIFA appreciating the spread of coronavirus is different in each country. This comes after UEFA last week committed to finishing the current season and was moved to deny a report that its own president, Aleksander Ceferin, had set a deadline of August 3 to complete all outstanding games.

While the decision from the highest authority in football does not take null and void off the table, it considerably reduces the chances of seasons being cancelled altogether. The planned announcement was greeted by one Premier League club as “really sensible”, with it removing the pressure to conclude the season at a time when the world is dealing with a pandemic.

The Athletic understands timeframes were not discussed at great length in Friday’s meeting between Premier League clubs. There are significant fears that the 20 sides may yet need to repay £762 million to broadcasters should the season not be completed, with The Athletic revealing last week that the determination to finish the campaign even led to one idea of taking games to China.

Insiders at a number of clubs say a reality seems to have finally dawned over the past week that, while ideas can be formulated for different scenarios around scheduling, until the outbreak passes over the top of the curve nobody will really be able to plan with confidence.

While some Premier League clubs accept that there might be no option other than to resume seasons behind closed doors or even at neutral grounds in other “safe” countries, other clubs believe football should only return when fans are able to enter stadiums.

It is on this battleground that the next debate in England is likely to be had, especially as some Football League clubs are concerned about extending contracts if there is no clear date for a return to football, knowing that they will have to carry out paying money with no signs of standard streams of income in that period.

The situation with football contracts is a complex one, as The Athletic’s Matt Slater explained. One manager of an EFL club told The Athletic over the weekend that he has 13 players out of contract in June and 10 of those contracts are unlikely to be renewed.

Some of his concerns related to the focus of his team and therefore the integrity of the league, considering he would have to ask a number of players to perform for him when they know they might not have jobs in the near future.

He was also worried about the length of the next transfer window, questioning whether it would be long enough for him to sign enough players to be able to register a squad for the 2020-21 season.

The Premier League summer transfer window is due to end on September 1 at 5pm and the EFL announced in February an “agreement in principle” to return to a traditional deadline day at the end of August.

The Athletic also revealed how the Premier League’s hopes of striking a deal to secure 30 per cent wage deductions or deferrals from players were in peril on Saturday night as footballers became increasingly concerned that agreements may benefit club ownerships more than non-playing staff or the emergency services. Discussions are expected to resume this week.