"In the future, the English (clubs) could decide to secede" (Bernard Caïazzo, AS Saint-Étienne)

"The superior financial power of the English is not going to encourage those who already least respect the rules and constraints of UEFA to improve, such as with the international calendar. It should not be excluded that in the event of heavy discord, the English could decide to secede. Which would be tragic for football," stated Bernard Caïazzo, chairman of the supervisory board of AS Saint-Étienne (Ligue 1) to News Tank on 10/03/2015.

Bernard Caïazzo examines the impact of the combined €6.92bn amount to be paid by the British Sky and BT groups to acquire seven lots of domestic TV rights to the Premier League for three seasons over the 2016-2019 period, or €2.3bn per season, on 10/02/2015.

"The English could create, in addition to the Premier League, their own world championship with the top ten nations such as Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Argentina, Portugal, Netherlands, etc., since 80% of the best players from these countries will play in the Premier League," stated the leader of AS Saint-Étienne, who advocates the adoption of new rules, "for example, each team in any…