Tuesday, March 28, 2017

European clubs deny Champions League changes favor wealthy (The Associated Press)

European Club Association Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, right, speaks as Andrea Agnelli president of the Italian soccer club Juventus listens him during a news conference in Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Representatives from 155 countries attended the European Club Association's (ECA) 18th General Assembly in the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Champions League changes won't favor the wealthiest clubs on the continent, according to European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. More than 150 members of the ECA met Tuesday with senior UEFA officials and tried to alter the perception that reforms will make rich clubs richer, and poor clubs poorer. ''I would call it really fake news,'' said Rummenigge, the Bayern Munich chairman, adding that clubs from mid-ranked countries like the Netherlands get the best deal.


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