by Alexander Ceferin He gave an interview to The Telegraph in which he reviewed current events in the world of football. he UEFA president has referred to many aspects such as the flight of players to Saudi Arabia, the Super League or the possible sanction against Manchester City for breach of Financial Fair Play.
The citizen team was sanctioned in 2020 by UEFA for two years without competing in European competitions due to alleged non-compliance with up to 115 infractions committed by the English team. The sentence was later lifted by the CAS considering that the accusations had prescribed, although the highest European body continues to believe that they made the right decision.
“I don’t want to talk about the specific case in England, but I am confident that the decision of our independent body then was correct. We know that we acted well. We would not have decided like this if we did not think that We were right,” Ceferin has reflected.
The discomfort in England with the decision not to sanction Manchester City is evident, especially when comparing their case with other teams that committed violations of the rules such as Everton or Nottingham Forest: “Of course I can understand the frustration of the fans. They want to know what is happening and what the consequences are, but I don’t want to get into this specific process. because I don’t know how the Premier League is doing“, Explain.
Saudi Arabia is not worried, like the Super League
Ceferin has also referred to the flight of players to Saudi Arabia in these recent transfer markets: “They leave because the contracts they are offered are large. And not the ones to blame for that. If they are near the end of their career, Maybe it will be a new adventure and you will make a lot of money. But from there to saying that you are going to the country to help, it is nothing short of a joke… I am not worried at all because European football has very strong roots. You can’t buy this. You can not”.
Regarding the Super League, the UEFA president has been blunt with the future possibilities of the competition: “I can say that the new Champions League system will remain and we do not plan to do anything else. And we won’t do it because, now, the load on the players is at its limit,” he concludes.
