UEFA will demand around £275million in compensation if Euro 2020 is pushed back a year, according to reports.
The international tournament looks set to be rescheduled to a later date when Uefa hold their emergency meeting on Tuesday.
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Uefa could demand as much as £275million in compensation if Euro 2020 is put back by 12 monthsCredit: AP:Associated Press
The priority among clubs and leagues is to finish the domestic seasons – as well as the Champions League and Europa League – that are currently suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lars-Christer Olsson – president of Europe’s major leagues – insists the season MUST be played to an end and told broadcasters including Sky and BT they have to make financial sacrifices to help keep global football alive.
Olsson’s stance comes after West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady called for the Premier League season to be declared “null and void” if the Covid-19 outbreak continues to wreck sport.
But according to The Athletic, European football’s governing body will demand a hefty fee to cover the expense of moving the Euros.
This summer’s event was due to be staged across 12 host cities from June 12 to June 12.
However, it looks set to be shifted 12 months – in the summer of 2021 – to enable club football to run into June, July, or even later if required.
A postponed Euro 2020, though, would clash with the women’s Euros staged in England.
Uefa’s emergency talks – which will be done via teleconferences – include one meeting involving officials, the European Club Association and European League boards as well as a representative of players union FIFPro.
This will be followed by another meeting with Uefa and its 55 member associations, including the FA.
The day also sees delegates discuss the best way to complete their two club competitions.
Both the Champions League and Europa League are still in the last-16 stages.
Chiefs are planning four-team mini tournaments to settle the tournaments.
The plan foresees the remaining last-16 ties being played as normal once football is allowed to return.
Then the last eight ties will be drawn as one-off games, either with the team drawn first having home advantage or on neutral soil.
That will get teams to the final four, which is when the mini-tournaments will come in.
The idea is that the four semi-finalists in the Champions League will travel to Istanbul, with the four Europa League sides going to the scheduled final city of Gdansk.
Both tournaments would be played to a finish over four days in successive weeks, with two one-off semi-finals played back to back and the final between the winners.
Uefa ‘considering postponing Euro 2020 for a YEAR over coronavirus after plea by several federations’
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
