Juventus President Andrea Agnelli calls the Club World Cup “a failure”, but distances the ECA from Gianni Infantino’s proposed reforms.
The European Club Association and UEFA have today confirmed plans to work together until 2024 and beyond, and insisted that a Super League is off the table.
There will be reforms to the Champions League and a third UEFA club competition, but there is also a controversial FIFA plan to change the Club World Cup.
Juventus President Andrea Agnelli calls the Club World Cup “a failure”, but distances the ECA from Gianni Infantino’s proposed reforms.
The European Club Association and UEFA have today confirmed plans to work together until 2024 and beyond, and insisted that a Super League is off the table.
There will be reforms to the Champions League and a third UEFA club competition, but there is also a controversial FIFA plan to change the Club World Cup.
Under the plans top European sides would compete with those from around the world every season, with investors promising around $25bn to make it happen.
UEFA is strongly against that though, believing it would be a competitor to the Champions League.
“We [the ECA], as a club, believe in this [current] model,” Agnelli said in today’s Press conference.
“Sometimes I joke with [Aleksander] Čeferin that it’s easier to be UEFA President than ECA President because of the interests present.
“Every club, from the amateur levels to the top teams run an entrepreneurial risk. whether it’s Juventus or the smallest club in Iceland, we all want to grow – that’s logical.
“Our goal though is not to attract people with indecent proposals. $25bn is an offer we’ve only read about.
“We have a lot to discuss with FIFA because the current Club World Cup doesn’t work. The Intercontinental Cup was much better, the new format is a failure and we need to discuss that.
“It’s difficult to talk about proposals we’ve only read about in the media. This proposal of $25bn was supposed to relate to two competitions, but we don’t know anything about it directly and we haven’t voted on it.
“We’ve convinced that the reform of European competitions from 2024 will be a model to follow.”