Euro clubs want cut in internationals
September 8, 2011, Thursday
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EUROPEAN clubs want the number of dates for international fixtures cut to six a year from 2014 and are hopeful FIFA and UEFA will listen to their request.
The European Club Association (ECA), which represents 201 of the continent's biggest clubs, has also demanded a greater say in future decisions and repeated its call to soccer's governing body FIFA for more transparency.
"I believe that we are the most important stakeholder in football," ECA president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said after the association's general assembly on Tuesday.
"Without our players, our employees, paid exclusively by the clubs, you cannot run the business, that is something all federations have to recognize. Everybody believes it is time that governing bodies recognize that clubs have to be included in the decision-making process."
The former West Germany forward added: "Everything regarding the calendar has been tailor-made in favor of the national teams, I believe it is time to re-find the balance between the interest of the national teams and the clubs."
The ECA proposed an ideal number of 12 international dates, not including competitions such as the World Cup and Euro 2012 and the pre-tournament friendlies, after the current calendar ends in 2014.
"In an ideal world we would be talking about six double dates over a two-year period which is a reduction but still gives the right balance between the requirements of the national team and what the clubs want," said Manchester United chief executive David Gill.
The European Club Association (ECA), which represents 201 of the continent's biggest clubs, has also demanded a greater say in future decisions and repeated its call to soccer's governing body FIFA for more transparency.
"I believe that we are the most important stakeholder in football," ECA president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said after the association's general assembly on Tuesday.
"Without our players, our employees, paid exclusively by the clubs, you cannot run the business, that is something all federations have to recognize. Everybody believes it is time that governing bodies recognize that clubs have to be included in the decision-making process."
The former West Germany forward added: "Everything regarding the calendar has been tailor-made in favor of the national teams, I believe it is time to re-find the balance between the interest of the national teams and the clubs."
The ECA proposed an ideal number of 12 international dates, not including competitions such as the World Cup and Euro 2012 and the pre-tournament friendlies, after the current calendar ends in 2014.
"In an ideal world we would be talking about six double dates over a two-year period which is a reduction but still gives the right balance between the requirements of the national team and what the clubs want," said Manchester United chief executive David Gill.
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