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da imperador bet： Great news everybody – UEFA Platini has been re-elected UEFA President. He will serve out another four years at the head of European football’s governing body. He achieved this honour by virtue of being the only candidate to take part in this years election. The re-election will become formal when the UEFA Congress meet in Paris on March 22nd.
Platini has given his backing to a number of unrealistic footballing reforms. The most bizarre of which was the 6+5 rule whereby each club would have had to field at least six players eligible to play for the corresponding national side of the club at the start of every game. Thus Manchester United would have to field at least six English players, AC Milan six Italians and so on. Of course, the proposition was abandoned on the basis that it contravened EU labour laws.
Other propositions he supports are caps on wages, caps on transfer spending and a reduction of the number of English, Spanish and Italian teams eligible to compete in the UEFA Champion’s League down to three instead of four. He is also in support of the 2022 World Cup being held in the winter.
Despite the majority of these ideas ranging from impractical to downright loopy, whether you support Platini’s re-election is likely to depend on how you view Platini’s plans to implement financial fair play rules into European football.
His re-election is another sign that UEFA are fully behind Platini’s plans to prevent clubs from spending beyond their means. “We have to take care of the people. Football is football. We can play with two stones if we like, but we also have to take care of business. When we lose popularity, people will leave football.”
The new rules, if UEFA are successful in their implementation, will place limits on reckless spending. No longer will clubs be able to rely upon wealthy owners to bail them out. If a club is heavily in debt it will not be eligible to play in the Champion’s League.
Despite a history of bizarre attempts at footballing reforms I am in support of Platini’s attempt to introduce financial fair play into European football. As such, I also support Michel’s re-election. It’s important that clubs learn to live within their means. The new rulings will prevent smaller clubs getting caught up in the trappings of their own success. If these rules had been in place at the time, it’s unlikely that Portsmouth would have gone into administration.
The ruling has earned support from the big teams because it means that the financial advantage they have built up after years of European football will really start to pay off. Clubs like Manchester City, however are unlikely to find the new proposals attractive as despite having ludicrously wealthy owners, they do not earn the relatively huge revenues that the likes of United, Chelsea and Arsenal are by now accustomed to.
Some may say that these reforms are an attempt by UEFA to maintain the status quo. After all, how can Manchester City become a vital part of the Champion’s League if their spending is to be limited? In my view, the move is one that ought to encourage good management above reckless spending. The ambition of smaller and up and coming clubs should not be affected by these reforms. They will simply have to work their way to the top on the back of the financial protection offered by UEFA.
If this means we never see a club implode in the manner of Leeds United, then surely it’s all for the better? As such, I’m behind Platini for four more years.
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