+ UEFA double standards and Newcastle United profits.
1) Champions League changes
When discussions about changes to the format of the Champions League format were held earlier this year, some of the big clubs were reportedly in favour of automatic qualification. To support this argument Charlie Stillitano, co-founder of the International Champions Cup was quoted as saying...
"What would Manchester United argue? Did we create soccer* or did Leicester create (it)?"
* #USASoccerguy #awesome
It's a stupid quote, because obviously the history of football is far bigger than any one club, not to mention the fact that neither Man United nor Leicester were part of the original line-up for the Football League back in 1888-89 which was won by Preston North End.
To be fair, Stillitano has since claimed, "I think, honestly, that was misquoted," but whatever the truth of the matter he's recently clarified his position with the following statement...
