Controversial new UEFA reforms to benefit Manchester City rivals
Manchester City would be hit hard by controversial new reforms proposed by UEFA to the way prize money for Europe’s top competition is distributed.
Manchester City are amongst the biggest financial losers to the proposed reforms to UEFA’s Champions League. The new amendments are more likely to benefit cross-city rivals Manchester United.
According to reports, instead of being rewarded for progression through the tournament, winnings will be based on how many European trophies a club has won previously.
Europe’s big clubs have been putting increasing pressure on UEFA of late. The governing body recently implemented changes that will see the continent’s top league’s awarded four automatic qualification spots from 2018 onwards.
The Champions League trophy is pictured at the start of the UEFA Champions League Group stage draw ceremony, on August 25, 2016 in Monaco. (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
The new proposals will also come into effect in the same year.
It means for clubs like Manchester City, who have never won the competition, the financial rewards would be somewhat lacking.
Meanwhile, cross-city rivals Manchester United would benefit from a greater monetary haul, having won the tournament previously.
This, all regardless of their more recent success, or lack thereof, in the Champions League.
UEFA is responding to threats made by Europe’s most powerful clubs to break away and form their own ‘super league’.
However, many clubs are unlikely to settle for such a clear favouring of European football’s elite.
Manchester City fans’ opinions of UEFA are no secret. A chorus of boos regularly accompanies the Champions League anthem at games.
This originated in part with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations. These curtailed Manchester City’s transfer plans for 2013 and 2014.
NYON, SWITZERLAND – AUGUST 05: A view of the draw bowl during the UEFA Champions League 2016 play-off matches, at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on August 05, 2016. (Photo by Fatih Erel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Moreover, it would seem that these latest amendments to Europe’s most popular footballing competition are the latest in a long line of changes made to benefit Europe’s elite.
However, the likes of Atletico Madrid will join City in opposing the changes.
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