The Invite Only G-14 (Sorry Chelsea)

The G-14 is an independent group of the Europe’s best clubs that was formed in September 2000 and they are not affiliated to FIFA or UEFA in any way. It is headed by Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas. The group’s main aim is to join together as a unified voice in negotiations with FIFA and UEFA. It’s called the G-14 but in fact there are 18 teams and they plan to invite another 16 teams while broadening oversees.


Members
Ajax, Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich,
Borussia Dortmund, PSV Eindhoven, Internazionale, Juventus,
Liverpool, Manchester United, AC Milan, Lyon Marseille,
Paris Saint-Germain, FC Porto, Real Madrid, Valencia

They are taking FIFA to court over paying players for internationals after the Belgian club Charleroi lost Abdelmajid Oulmers in November for eight months when he was injured playing for Morocco. This isn’t a bad thing considering that they supply 22% of the players in the world up. If a player like Rooney gets injured in a World Cup and United loose momentum because of that and finish second in the league 1 point behind the winner it will cost the Club millions. FIFA need to come to the table with solution but the G-14 needs to be reasonable as well.

Also the G-14 has an idea of a European Super league. I think that this is a fantastic idea. Imagine 16 teams (winners of various leagues) playing each other home and away for an entire season that means there will be 32 games. Take that and the 38 games that are played in the FAPL and you get 70 games. Yes it’s a lot of games but teams must choose if they want to play League cup and FA cup. What this will do for major clubs is increase revenue and build bigger squads to compete in all competitions.