Arsène Wenger relaunches the debate around this rule which makes certain clubs happy.
Arsène Wenger wants to change a rule on qualification for the largest European competition: the Champions League. The legendary Arsenal coach points to the change of “status” of the Europa League which, since 2014, allows its winner to obtain an access ticket for his big sister, the Champions League. The Director of World football with FIFA does not adhere to this operating mode, as he explained to the microphone of BeIN Sports: “The winners should automatically qualify for the Europa League but not necessarily for the Champions League“.
A rule that could benefit Manchester United or Tottenham this season. The two respective English, 15th and 16th clubs of the Premier League, are in favorable tosh to reach the Europa League final on May 21 and therefore potentially participate in the Champions League. For Arsène Wenger, it is an operation that does not make sense, all the more in England “where five teams already qualify for the Champions League“.
If UEFA argues that this system makes it possible to make the Europa League attractive to clubs and the public, since the overhaul of the competition during the 2009-2010 season, no team below 13th place in its championship has won the C3 (Seville, 12th in 2023). A sporting logic which has therefore often predominated despite the access ticket in the Champions League to the key, “something UEFA must rethink and review“Concludes Arsène Wenger.
