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Speaking in 2016, Louis van Gaal hit out at plans at a proposed European Super League. The Manchester United manager also called for the Champions League to revert back to only being open to champions.
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27 Comments
While commercially thinking is true – even to the Champions League which already has teams finishing 3rd and 4th domestically, qualifying for the money… it is not only the club owners thinking about money. The players are greedy as well! The Sky pundits are well paid!
The money has gone too far. Players at the top clubs getting 200k – 300k per week is now just normal. Key players at top clubs can be earning even more and that's from the club alone, before taking into consideration sponsorship deals and many of them having their own business on the side along with other investments.
In England now there's a top 6 clubs, only 4 Champions League places. Players are sulking and upset, wanting to transfer away if they're not in the Champions League – how much that comes down to reduced earnings because they haven't met contract requirements, or whether they genuinely want to be competing for the Champions League title is subject to opinion.
The top leagues with 3 or 4 Champions League places have benefited greatly from that! It has filtered money down to the smaller clubs and they can pay for players they couldn't have afforded previously. The top clubs couldn't have attracted as many top players without a near guarantee of Champions League games to offer them. If winning the prem was a requirement to qualify for the CL, all of the top 6 clubs would've missed out on many of the big name players they've signed over the years! This has raised the level of competition for the Premiership no question about it. Young players getting cl experience when they're not in a team that's winning the league, is an extra crucial part of they're experience so they can learn, improve and win it later.
Van Gaal is a little too old fashioned in what he said here. But the super league idea is horrible.
The champions league should be between the champions of all EU countries it is wierd that the number 5-6 of England can get in but the champion from some countries will never be able to get into the champions league this way the money flow will go into 1 compitition and the others will become more poor and poor over time.
"That was sex masochism" – LVG
Only the real ones know when he said that..🤣🤣🤣😭
I dont know if hes for or against the idea of an esl
#SayNoToSuperLeague!
Why he with man utd shirt??
Louis van Gaal in tears in his last farewell from Ajax Amsterdam before he goes to Barcelona.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaDtpDvR-U
Champions league reform now. Champs only.
Our bosses always said they'll never sell the soul of the club and betray their fans for more money. I'm paraphrasing here a bit but those were the words of the legendary Uli Hoeneß!
lol all this talk about the good of football etc. You guys really don't get it. UEFA, FIFA all those other federations doesn't care about the good of football or the fans. All they care is money and if the status quo is held the corruption and other sh*t will continue. Super league was not perfect but it was a hope for a change…
He is absolutely spot on. This is all UEFA's fault. They should have kept the CHAMPIONS League just for the respective league winners. Then the Cup Winners play in the Cup Winners Cup and the rest of the clubs in Europa Cup. Lose all the group stages and just play knock out. Then it's interesting. Yes it means the likes of Chelsea, Madrid or Ajax could be eliminated in the first robin round. But the Europa League will be of much higher stature with all those 2nd to 6th clubs of the big 5 leagues. Raise the prize money and you have a perfect system.
I always liked big Lou.
Ill tell the real story.
It starts with J and ends in ews.
Very smart man
False flag attack made by FIFA to save the Qatar World Cup.
Bravo for Louis van Gaal . Football is a game for public. For fans. For children. Not for multi billioners.
He's correct. It's called The Champions League and teams that haven't won the league are entered. Silliness.
Jes fotbal is to win, not to be sekond or tird!
He is dead right. The only time that we had a champions league was when it was the European Cup, with the odd exception being the winners allowed to defend, even if they didn’t win their league that season.
"Only in sex masochism is this allowed!"
Rich millionaires tryin tellin us stuff bout commercialization 😂🙄
Why nobody in the comments is actually talking about what Van Gaal said? He's bashing the champions league format, and how there's clubs that aren't champions but still play in the champions league… He talked about champions league more than the super league lol.
He is spot on. Remember when they changed the rules so Liverpool could play in it. They didn't even finish in the top 4 that year.
Why is he warring the utd clothes lol have I missed something is he still working there
he's right if you ain't first you last,2,3 and 4th teams in the top 5 leagues should not be in the champions league,it should only be for champions
Who waiting Manchester protest on here in 5 years time
I find myself coming again and again to these videos of Van Gaal's statements…