
The president of UEFA, Aleksandër Ceferin, gave an interview to the French "L'Equipe", in which he analyzed the current football news, with the growing departures of footballers to Saudi Arabia and the new Champions League on the horizon.
" Saudi Arabia is not a danger. We saw a similar approach with China, who bought players at the end of their careers, offering them a lot of money, but it turned out to be a 'straw flame'... The result? Chinese football did not develop or qualify for the World Cup after that. This is not the right way. If they want to move forward in football, they need to work on training the players and training the coaches, but that's not my problem. There are players at the end of their careers and others who are not ambitious enough to aspire to major competitions. As far as I know, Mbappe and Haaland do not dream of Saudi Arabia. The best players at the peak of their football I don't think went to Saudi Arabia. When people tell me about the players who went there, no one knows where they play ."
In recent weeks, there have been many rumors that Saudi Arabian clubs could play in the Champions League in future editions, but he denied such a thing.
" A media spoke about this, without asking us at all. Only European clubs can participate in the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League .
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