Platini je spet pozabil vzeti Linex
Uefa will try and persuade England's top Champions League earners to accept a smaller share of the competition's future revenues after figures revealed another bumper European season for the leading four Premier League sides. Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal earned a combined £102m from Champions League television and sponsorship money - a figure that does not include gate receipts or matchday revenue.
William Gaillard, Uefa's communications director and special adviser to the organisation's president Michel Platini, accepted that there was concern about the growing wealth gap between European clubs and within domestic leagues themselves. "We are well aware there are some imbalances in the revenue distribution which have a negative effect in national leagues by widening the gap between the rich and not so rich," said Gaillard. "We will talk to the clubs and see how they feel, and try to convince them that in the longer run it is not in their interest if, because of the way money is distributed, national leagues become too imbalanced.''
The current agreement is in place until 2012, but Uefa looks set to win backing for changes through the European Strategy Council, the consultative body representing clubs, leagues, players and associations. "This is something we have to bring to the strategy council and find a consensus, but we will have a very wide consultation policy," Gaillard added. "We have a situation that is fixed until 2012 so that gives us plenty of time to review it."
Last season's eventual winners Manchester United were by far the biggest earners in Europe with £33.9m. Beaten finalists Chelsea received £28.7m, Liverpool took £21.1m and Arsenal £18.3m.
Simon Chadwick, a professor of sports business strategy at Coventry University, said that Uefa cannot risk upsetting the leading Premier League clubs. "There is a global turf war for television sports fans going on and the Champions League needs the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea - and the clubs need the Champions League too for their own profiles,'' he said.
Uefa's figures show Celtic benefited from their second qualification for the knock-out phase to the tune of £10.3m while Rangers earned £7.7m - and also brought in £4.1m from their run to the Uefa Cup final. Outside of Britain, the biggest earners were Roma, the Italian club who made it furthest in the competition, with £22.9m while Barcelona, the only non-English club in the semi-finals, were slightly behind on £21.7m.
The difference compared to the sums earned from the Uefa Cup is stark. Apart from Rangers, who made the final, Everton's income from the competition was £400,000, Tottenham and Bolton each earned £352,000 and Aberdeen just £265,000.
Seveda klubi komaj čakajo da se odpovejo zaslužku....sedanja formula je fixni del od TVpravic + kolkr kje stanejo.... in če ukrajinska tv plača za prenos CL 100k€ in 3 plesalke, italijanska pa 300k€ potem je logično da bi njihovi klubi morali dobiti kak cekin več...
Je pa res da je razlika stronomska, ampak tuki je UEFA kriva....kdo jim je kriv če ne znajo prodajat UEFA cup....
