Dream Football League?

[Milan 17,955]

Qatar's plans for Dream Football League could see English clubs offered £175m to compete

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9926412/Qatars-plans-for-Dream-Football-League-could-see-English-clubs-offered-175m-to-compete.html

Four English clubs will reportedly be offered £175 million each to play in a 24-team 'Dream Football League' in Qatar and other Gulf countries in 2015.

Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea are among the game's aristocrats targeted by the Qatari organisers, whose astonishing plan could redraw the world football map if it gains support.

The sums dwarf those available in the Champions League, which has an annual prize fund of £595 million. Chelsea won £47.3 million for winning last season's competition. The Qatari plans would see them earn four times that amount just for accepting an invitation to compete.

The plans, which will be formally released next month, will see the four Premier League teams invited to join the 16 "permanent" DFL members. Eight other global clubs would then compete on an invitational basis. According to The Times, the DFL would take place over two years, and would be held in the summer in Qatar and neighbouring Gulf states like Bahrain and the UAE.

Neither the Premier League, Uefa, or the powerful European Clubs Association have yet responded to the proposals.

Although it remains unlikely that football's existing power structure would tear up its calendar, the money on offer is stratospheric. And it must be remembered that Qatar were considered rank outsiders before they won the rights to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Just sounds like a literal club world cup - which I wouldn't actually be opposed to. Let's just not have top-flight football for one season and have one big fucking knockout tournament!

Sounds like an exciting idea but it would never be ratified by FIFA. It would basically demean the entire competitive pyramid of national football for a couple of years.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

That would be awesome, but the FIFA and EUFA will never accept it. Then again I never thought they'd accept playing a WC in Qatar. So, dunno. Arabian gulf money has the power to change common logic!

[NishC300 1,865]

Wow! This could be a chance to have an actual League between clubs!

If this was to happen would the events be looked after by the Qatari football Association or FIFA?

[SinineUltra 1,170]

I like the idea and the revenue that comes with it but If they are to take place in the summer time, when are the players going to rest from a busy season?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I like the idea and the revenue that comes with it but If they are to take place in the summer time, when are the players going to rest from a busy season?

It'll be like having a WC or Euro Cup ever summer.

[coolhead23 1,147]

With someone like this, who have doubts that the FFP would be an issues

[Hutcho 8,443]

Every 2 years could be an issue as the euro's/world cup would occur and there would literally be no break. Sounds pretty cool though... 175 mil sounds tasty...

[CFC-Lloydy 38]

Every 2 years could be an issue as the euro's/world cup would occur and there would literally be no break. Sounds pretty cool though... 175 mil sounds tasty...

They are saying it will start from 2015, so it will be the odd years, 2015, 2017, 2019 and so on. That way it wouldn't clash with the World Cups and Euro Championships.

It's a good idea. I just can't see it happening though.

[Backstreet09 499]

I don't believe it's ever going to happen lol , but would be fun xD

[manpe 10,861]

The idea is good and I would very much like to see it happen, but there are a few issues. First, how will it fit the schedule? All the domestic league and cup games require a lot of endurance, adding such a dream league to the mix would drain the players even more, hence inevitably the quality of the games will drop because of fatigue (just look at Mata to see the difference between a fatigued player and a rested one).

Secondly, giving such insane money just for participating is extremely unfair towards other clubs. The differences in revenue between top clubs and others are massive, this would only broaden the gap and make domestic leagues less competitive.

And now, the most important part.......... NO LIVERPOOL HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[The only place to be 11,313]

At first I thought this was a stupid idea and I was like

Then I saw the amount of money on offer and I was all :tophat: :tophat:

Then I noticed Spurs and Liverpool hadn't been considered and I went :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: