Steve1872 4 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 [h=3]A JOINT Russian and Ukrainian League could start as early as next year.[/h]The move could have far-reaching consequences for Rangers, whose boss Charles Green is desperate to get the club into a cross-border league. Russian gas giant Gazprom â?? a Champions League sponsor and owner of Zenit St Petersburg â?? is determined to bring the top clubs in Russia and Ukraine together in a new league called the United Championship. And they are confident they can persuade UEFA to give them the go-ahead as early as next autumn. Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller said: â??Of course the approval of UEFA is required. â??We can already say with confidence there will be an interesting discussion. â??This is because of the requirements imposed by UEFAâ??s financial fair play rules. I am sure if the United Championship is created, this requirement will be fully conformed to. â??We think it is realistic to hold the championship from the autumn of 2014.â? Eventually, the league would include teams from all former Soviet countries and have an astonishing prize fund of £800million. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/leaguedivision3/4805317/Russians-break-for-the-border.html#ixzz2LUHisQe5 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 How on earth could the smaller European countries hope to compete with such prize money? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) good on them. i dont see how it has anything to do with us though. england and scotland will never merge leagues. nor do i want it too. Edited February 21, 2013 by kuznetsov 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,304 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 The only possible option at the moment would be for us to be invited into the new Beneliga if it gets off the ground. Scottish football is finished. There's no money in it as WS warned before he left Rangers a couple of years ago. We must endeavour to get out of Scottish football. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Another stone in the Dam about to be pulled away. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 FIFA and UEFA forever can't stop progress, not to mention stopping the European laws on free trade and unfettered movement of work and business. It's only a matter of time before teams will be allowed to play where they want, which is why i see a Super Euro Premiership and smaller European regional leagues like the Beneliga or North Sea (German Sea) teams league. Inviting teams from Nothern France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Scotland and England 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,290 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 At the end of the day, if Gazprom and Co. decide to pull this off, they simply will. FIFA and UEFA can try to cause them some bother (ban the FAs, ban players in that league and whatnot), but they do not pay the players' wages, nor will they be able to stay above the law. Likewise with European football on the whole. You see the big guns spending like there is no tomorrow while carrying debts of 100 of million pounds along. Platini may want his fair play stuff, but if the big guns disagree, they can pull away and start their own set up ... and TV and media and money will follow them, not UEFA. If Sky decides that Rangers and the Hooped Horrors should play in the Premiership, a British Premiership, they can do this too. Hand out a few more million (to those who may lose out) and off they go. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 change is coming. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker 887 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Eventually, the league would include teams from all former Soviet countries and have an astonishing prize fund of £800million. If an Eastern European League is formed, surely the rest of the continent would have to follow suit to keep up? We should see a Western European league shortly after that. (Or maybe Western and Central). That would be extremely good news for any Rangers share-holders... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 THE Football Association has closed the door on any attempt by Glasgow City to join the English Women's Super League. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/glasgow-city-surprised-after-fa-close-door-on-switch-to-england.20287957 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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