Aleksander Ceferin can be blamed for many things, but it must be recognized that the UEFA boss has ideas for football. Not phew: relocate Champions League matches to the United States. Better: put in place a salary cap in European football to restore a semblance of sports justice on the old continent. And by extension, restore suspense and interest in the Champions League.
“We will have to seriously think about the salary cap, Ceferin says in the podcast Men in blazers. Indeed, if the budgets reach peaks, the balance of competition becomes problematic. It’s not about the owners, it’s about the value of the competition, because if five clubs always win, it doesn’t make sense anymore. »
The salary-cap, one of the major arguments of the Super League
Noble intention, but not so obvious to put in place, in that it requires harmonization of the rules from one league to another. “I have already spoken with representatives of the European Commission, we are trying to get things done, but it has to be a collective agreement between each league and UEFA, because if we do it and the other leagues don’t no, that doesn’t make sense. »
The salary-cap is one of the major arguments of the promoters of the Super League, who have opposed for three years the governance of clubs by UEFA, as well as its Champions League.