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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin Open To Champions League Final Outside Europe

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday that the Champions League final "could be contested outside Europe" for the first time, according to Rob Harris of the AP. Ceferin said that he will "revive an open bidding process for the right to host the climax to the European club season" and is open to the game being staged in N.Y. Highlighting how travel times across Europe can be as long as flights to the U.S., Ceferin said, "I think it might be an idea in future but we have to speak about it. To go from Portugal to Azerbaijan for example is almost the same or the same as if you go to New York. For the fans it's no problem but we should see. It's a European competition so let's think about it." UEFA has until now been "awarding the honor of staging its showpiece finals without any tendering process, with stadium hosts decided in secret by the leadership." Ceferin: "The bidding process should be very clear because if you get the Champions League finals or Europa League finals as a political favor then it's not OK." In his first major interview since succeeding Michel Platini as UEFA president last month, Ceferin displayed a "willingness to innovate while not damaging the organization's lucrative competitions." And the former Slovenia federation president "will not sacrifice the success of the competition by shifting kickoff times to pander" to expanding football markets in Asia "just to sweep up more television viewers or sponsors in the region." Ceferin: "From a financial point of view it's not ideal. We should think also about other markets, but how to do it exactly I'm not sure yet" (AP, 10/20).

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