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INTERVIEW To BARTOMEU

Bartomeu, in favour of the new Champions: "it Is a more attractive evolution of the tournament"

Published:5/05/2019 - 19:06h

Updated:5/05/2019 - 19:06h

Josep Maria Bartomeu conceded an interview in which it spoke of the changes that could have in the Champions próximamente. The Barcelona president showed in favour and explained that it sees them like a good way to evolve and improve this competition

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The new Champions League is one of the subjects that more concern in the national leagues of Europe. The federations think that that can be the principle of the end of the domestic competitions and therefore they are against that they apply the changes. Some of them would be split anyway of week and a league with a lot of more meetings in which they participated all the best teams of Europe.

The one who yes is entirely in favour that the UEFA approve these changes is Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of the FC Barcelona. The maximum Barcelona mandator thinks that all the changes proposed will suppose an advance and an improvement of this competition, that already of by himself is, in his words, "the milk".

"The Champions is the milk. Why we go it to change? Because it goes to be better. This means big changes in LaLiga, the Champions and the World-wide of Clubs. The fans ask more European parties and from 2024 the new format goes it to allow", explained Bartomeu to The Guardian on the changes that could comport the new League of Champions.

The president barcelonista also signalled that it does not have felt to play so many crashes along the season without confronting to the best teams of the world. "This season is the first in 11 years that the United played here in Barcelona, the one of the Liverpool was the first in 2006. It can not be that we play so many parties, but no so many against Liverpool or United. It is an evolution and more attractive, no a revolution", aimed.

Bartomeu, in favour to play parties of League out of Spain

The maximum mandator of the Barcelona thinks that not to remain eclipsados by the Premier League, LaLiga has to move and try new things. "The Premier is our big rival. We have to try things to be able to compete with them. We run the risk to remain eclipsados by the big English teams or by teams supported by states like Paris Saint-Germain. It is not a threat, is a reality", affirmed".

One of the modifications that thinks that it would be necessary to do is to begin to play crashes out of Spain. It thinks that of this way would achieve do to LaLiga more attractive of face to the fans of out. "It would like me that there were three parties was every year to promote the competition. One in United States, another in Middle East and another in Asia. The football has gone back a more global and democratic product. It reaches to million fans and approach us to these followers is a question of respect", concluded.

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