Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga

THEBAS ASKS TO MODIFY THE CHAMPIONS

Tebas wants fewer places for the big European leagues in the Champions League

Published:2/05/2023 - 00:25h

Updated:2/05/2023 - 00:25h

Javier Tebas reignited the debate on the distribution of quotas for the clubs that participate each season in the UEFA Champions League. For the president of LaLiga, the tournament must incorporate more domestic champions

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The UEFA Champions League will suffer important changes in his format from the season 2024/25 and Javier Thebes, president of LaLiga, is adherent to make more adjust in the model of competition, between them reduce the quantity of contingents for the big European leagues. In this sense, the Spanish leader considers that have four clubs of LaLiga in each season "does not improve the tournament".

"There is a new model of Champions in 2024, but would have to begin to work in another type of model, a model that appeal more to the origins of a European tournament of national champions, with champions of all the corners of Europe. I represent to LaLiga, but a fourth Spanish club is not an improvement for the Champions", said in an interview for the half Dutch 'AD'.

Thebes asks to return to the Champions "to his origins"

For the mandator of LaLiga always has been a priority delete the fourth contingent of the that enjoy the Spanish clubs, English, Germans and Italians, since the brecha economic between the big that, almost always, play the Champions and the teams that, usually, culminate third or chambers in his respective leagues is enormous, more still when the prizes improve year after year.

"It was badly that in 2016 they decided more squares of Champions for clubs of the big leagues. I same was against that four clubs of Spain went to the Champions from the beginning. Like four clubs of the Premier, of the Bundesliga and of the Series To, by the expense of teams of leagues smaller", said the mandamás of the patronal of Spanish clubs.

The last 'stick' of Thebes to the Superliga

On the other hand, Javier Thebes went back to load against the Superliga, ensuring that the tournament would destroy sportive and economically to the domestic competitions. "If your national championship does not give you the opportunity to classify you to play in Europe, then your national competition goes back much less interesting. And this is precisely what have built during a lot of decades: the group of the national competitions and the together European competitions is a model of success", puntualizó the president of LaLiga.

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