Top-5 finish

[Ragatino]

it doesn't include us i don't think. It will only apply to teams that have represented the PL in the CL over the past few years

and have some sort of European points pedigree. If any of the greedy 6 finish 5th, they qualify for CL.

If we finish 5th, we quality for Europa league.

At least thats what i got told, i started a thread on it a while back

Yeah I remember you did post a thread. Have you got a link?

Is there a way to request Mods combine links so we continue conversations rather than repeat when we get new folks joining the convo?

the UCL is moving to 'The Swiss Model' where unless it's a watch is gonna stink like rotten cheese no doubt! It's one massive league which basically puts the highest ranking clubs by past participation at the top like Kings in castles whilst the rest of the 'lesser European teams' fight amongst themselves to drag themselves through the group stages to something approaching a recognisable knock out tournament.

Basically it separates the top teams further so that they don't have to compete directly until the very end, get easier matches on the run up and fortify their positions and earning each season.

This OF COURSE is all done under the banner of DEVELOPMENT getting more diverse clubs into the competition and 'Wealth Sharing' when in reality it's yet another pathetic attempt to UEFA to ring fence the usual corrupt and badly run football brands in a weak attempt to stave off the advances of the 'Super League'

[Marat18]

Basically it separates the top teams further so that they don't have to compete directly until the very end, get easier matches on the run up and fortify their positions and earning each season.'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024...ampions_League

Sadly, the top teams are already separated enough. Not like any further separation. They just replace group stage with some “league” stage with 36 teams where they play 8 matches, call it day and say this is final table after 8 rounds.
Then they all proceed to usual knockout stage.