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Football Clubs 'Justified' In Studying Atlantic League In Response To CL Changes

Danish football league CEO Claus Thomsen "believes teams like FC Copenhagen are justified in studying the prospect of a cross-border Atlantic League in response to recent changes to the Champions League," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. Thomsen said that it was "responsible management" for the clubs to look at "alternatives in case the Champions League turned into a closed shop in a few years' time." He added that European football "had reached a decisive moment where the traditional system based on sporting results was at risk of being replaced." Thomsen said that teams outside the major countries "were right to interpret it as a move towards a Super League." He added that the decision to use the historical results of clubs as one of the criteria for revenue distribution, plus the creation of a subsidiary partly controlled by the clubs to administer European competitions, "were both warning signs." Thomsen: "The only conclusion you can reach as responsible management in a club the size of Copenhagen, or other big-sized clubs in mid-sized countries, is that from 2021 you will effectively have a version of a European Super League that is more or less closed." Talks between sides from Denmark, Scotland and Netherlands about an Atlantic League "were ongoing." Thomsen: "That is one of the initiatives these clubs have to examine. It's responsible management to examine the options" (REUTERS, 10/23).

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