Ajax responded to the plans for the Super League on Monday evening. The Amsterdammers refrained from commenting earlier in the day, but now expressly distance themselves from the twelve superpowers who want to set up their own competition. “Ajax is completely upset and disappointed by the announcement of a possible Super League”, Edwin van der Sar said on the club’s website.
Ajax hopes to be able to continue with the new format of the Champions League. “We support UEFA’s new set-up, as confirmed on Monday,” said Van der Sar. “Because of my work for the ECA I have been involved in discussions about a new format for the UEFA tournaments for a number of years. Ajax has worked on a number of changes together with the ECV and the KNVB in the past, for example, League more accessible to the clubs. “
“We thought we had found the solution with the so-called Swiss model, with more international competitions for more clubs,” continues Ajax’s general manager. “We are very disappointed with the sudden and belated turnaround that fellow directors of some top international clubs have made this weekend, with the result that a very uncertain period threatens the horizon of European football.”
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