As expected, Manchester City have had their two-year European football ban overturned meaning they can now play in the Champions League next season and Arsenal definitely can’t.
UEFA want the Premier League and other European leagues to make a decision on their season restart by May 25th, according to their latest statement.
It’s still possible UEFA end up using the coefficient rankings to decide which clubs make it into the Champions League next season.
UEFA are still planning to play the remaining Champions League and Europa League fixtures for this campaign, even if it cuts into next season.
The play-offs for Euro 2020 are now likely to take place in October and November, even if they are behind closed doors according to a report on Friday.
UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, has said that the 19/20 Champions League and Europa League could be abandoned if there is no way to play it before the end of August.
UEFA are still urging patience in the hope European leagues can complete their domestic seasons over the coming months.
If you are one of the few people who believed football would actually return on April 30, then I’m sorry to say more disappointment is coming your way.
UEFA want European domestic seasons to finish by the end of June, which is likely to lead to the cancellation of the campaign.
UEFA are expected to announce today that Euro 2020 will be pushed back to 2021 which will have a knock on-effect on other competitions, namely the Women’s Euros due to take pace next year.
Arsenal were apparently reluctant to play Manchester City next week due to the short notice given to travelling fans but agreed to help ease City’s congestion after Pep Guardiola’s men convinced UEFA to let them play at the same time as a Champions League game.
UEFA could open another investigation into Manchester City with it being claimed that they over-inflated their sponsorship money to fiddle Financial Fair Play regulations between 2012 and 2016.
Mikel Arteta admits he was ‘shocked’ by Manchester City’s two-year Champions League ban because he just wants the best for them.
Manchester City will find out later this month if they will be thrown out of the Champions League due to Financial Fair Play breaches.
Eintracht Frankfurt won’t be allowed to bring away fans to their game against Arsenal next month, after receiving a ban from UEFA.
Arsenal will get to pretend they’re playing in the Champions League instead of the Europa League when they play on Wednesday next month instead of Thursday, but what’s that about?
European co-efficients are a funny thing and never moreso than this season when Arsenal are ranked above United, Spurs and Chelsea despite being in the Europa League once again.
UEFA have capped the price of away tickets after a letter from fan groups representing Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, and Chelsea showed what was possible when we all work together for the same goal.
UEFA have ranked Arsenal ahead of Liverpool after they updated their co-efficient table to take into account this season’s European competitions.
UEFA wants clubs to help fans shoulder the financial burden of travelling to European finals because they have to give tickets to sponsors.