"Let's stop the hypocrisy, a closed league is the elephant in the room" (J-H Eyraud, Marseille)

"Let's stop the hypocrisy. In the European bodies, a closed league is the elephant in the room. Everyone thinks about it, and nobody talks about it (in public)... The reality is that it is already being talked about. 80% of the clubs in the knockout rounds of the Champions League have been the same for twenty years, and the recent reform that...