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FIFA says anyone playing in “breakaway leagues” won’t be playing in World Cup

Posted on 1/21/21 at 7:19 am
Posted by PhillyTiger90
Member since Dec 2015
10719 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 7:19 am
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It effectively means any player at a club in the European Super League would be banned from international football. They would not be able to represent their country in the World Cup or World Cup qualifiers, while confederations would also ban them from playing in continental tournaments like the European Championship, Copa America, CONCACAF Gold Cup and UEFA Nations League.
Posted by DByrd2
Fredericksburg, VA
Member since Jun 2008
8963 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:25 am to
Can’t allow the cash farm to produce less crops.
Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
20952 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 9:08 am to
FIFA sucks. Rules like this have no place in international soccer.
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
24357 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 11:26 am to
They should call FIFA’s bluff here. No way they’d ban the worlds top talent from the WC and lose out on all of the revenue they bring.

FIFA needs them in the WC more than they need to play in the WC. Without the top talent it’s just another Olympic level tournament anyway. Giving even more draw for top players to join the super league.

Don’t get me wrong I love the WC, but if FIFA is really this nearsighted they deserve to sleep in the bed they make.
Posted by GeauxHouston
Houston,TX
Member since Nov 2013
4464 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 11:47 am to
Good. The European Super League is bullshite
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 4:43 pm to
I don’t like the super league idea, but I also lol at FIFA lecturing anyone about anything

RIP Chuck Blazer

ETA after reading the article: Florentino has FIFA shitting themselves
This post was edited on 1/21/21 at 4:48 pm
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
36311 posts
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:59 pm to
Good. Any talk of a super league run by billionaires to protect their investment should be shut down. Soccer teams are not money making enterprises. The dumb as frick vultures think they can be money-making, when most clubs in the major leagues barely earn a profit. The long term effect is that a super league will make everything worse, especially the play on the field.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
24188 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 12:27 am to
Soooo they want to kill their product? A Euro Super League would have the majority of the world class players globally forced to opt out of the World Cup.
Posted by PewPewBlue
Merica
Member since Jan 2021
491 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 7:41 am to
Do people actually support a "super league"? It's a terrible idea that hurts everyone.
Posted by lsugorilla
PNW
Member since Sep 2009
5552 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:10 pm to
Hope this ends the dumb talk about the super league. Not sure how anyone is arguing on the side of a few billionaires that could care less about soccer and only about pocket books. (I know this applies to FIFA also. But FIFA isn’t trying to ruin every league in Europe
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