There were issues surrounding Aston Villa, Brighton, AC Milan, Union St Gilloise, Toulouse and Vitoria Sport Clube.ĪC Milan and Toulouse are both majority-owned by Red Bird Capital Partners, who incidentally have an 11% stake in Fenway Sports Group which owns Liverpool. Right now, Ratcliffe's 25% stake in Man Utd has not been officially confirmed and were that deal to fall through, this issue would go away for both clubs.Īhead of the 2023/24 season, there was some movement from UEFA which hints at the future of multi-club ownership rules. Qualification for the Champions League may look tricky for Man Utd right now but it is the aim for the Erik ten Hag's squad and they have the talent to do it.īoth Man Utd and UEFA need to think ahead for the prospect of both clubs being in the Champions League next season. The French side, owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS group, have been in and out of European competition over the years. The example that has thrust the rules back into the limelight is Man Utd and OGC Nice. More and more clubs are at serious risk of falling foul of these regulations. Multi-club ownership is not a new thing in football but it is becoming increasingly commonplace. “This role is perfect for him.Aston Villa are enjoying a Europa Conference League campaign / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages “Eric can become one of the best players in the world in his position,” the Italian said. ”Ĭonte, who reported all of his players were now Covid negative, has re‑energised the squad since taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo – nobody more so than Eric Dier, who has starred in the middle of the back three. But we are very, very confident for the next step. I have read that Tottenham couldn’t play the game for Covid cases and, despite this, they took this decision. It was incredible what Uefa did but also in the explanation. Not a decision in our favour, a normal decision. We are confident that in another step, they take a normal decision. Uefa have taken this decision but then there is another step to confirm or not this incredible decision. “I hope that in the future, in the next step, with the court, something can change,” he said. The winners of the Conference League will secure a spot in next season’s Europa League. Plainly, though, Conte is not ready to give up. Spurs said in a statement on Monday that, despite the disappointment, they had “to accept this ruling … Our focus now turns to the competitions we remain in”. But now Uefa is taking a decision that I don’t like. “Why? We honoured the competition to play and to go around Europe. You went here, here and here but now you lose 3-0.’ “Tottenham started to play in this competition from this summer and now it’s unfair – for a decision that is not in our hands – to tell Tottenham: ‘Thanks very much. “For me, it’s very, very difficult, it’s very difficult to understand this decision,” he replied. And I think only some personal interest.”Ĭonte was asked to explain what he meant by “personal interest”, although he did not really do so. It means that maybe someone does not know very well the problem that we are having. I’m very disappointed with Uefa because everybody knows the problem. We deserved to play the qualification on the pitch. ![]() It was because we had many, many players with Covid and the government decided to stop our training sessions, to stop our training centre. ![]() “There are no positives and, for sure, this is an incredible decision,” Conte said, before Spurs’ Carabao Cup quarter-final at home against West Ham on Wednesday night. Had Spurs beaten Rennes, they would have finished second. When Tottenham’s attempts to find a new date for the tie before Uefa’s cut-off of 31 December failed, the governing body awarded Rennes a 3-0 walkover, meaning Vitesse advanced from second place to a two-leg play-off for the last 16. Uefa rules say games can be postponed if a club have fewer than 13 available senior players and no goalkeeper. On the advice of the Health Security Agency the club temporarily closed the first-team area of their training ground. Spurs were unable to play their final tie of the group phase at home against Rennes on 9 December after they were affected by a Covid outbreak with eight first-team players and five coaches testing positive.
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