{"id":165661,"date":"2024-03-26T15:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/26\/chelsea-liverpool-man-city-man-utd-boosted-by-uefa-changes-to-multi-club-qualification-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:25:59","slug":"chelsea-liverpool-man-city-man-utd-boosted-by-uefa-changes-to-multi-club-qualification-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/26\/chelsea-liverpool-man-city-man-utd-boosted-by-uefa-changes-to-multi-club-qualification-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City &#038; Man Utd boosted by UEFA changes to multi-club qualification rules \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>UEFA have relaxed their rules regarding multi-club ownership, meaning two teams controlled by the same entity would be able to qualify for European competition at the same time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For 20 years, UEFA have decreed two sides under the same ownership group would not be allowed to compete in Europe simultaneously, with the lower-ranking team losing their spot for the next season to the next available club from their federation.<\/p>\n<p>But UEFA have quietly changed these rules, allowing two associated clubs to compete in Europe but in different competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u00a0and OGC Nice are both under control of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS, while Manchester City are the flagship club for the City Football Group, which also includes La Liga high-flyers Girona. Meanwhile,\u00a0Chelsea\u2019s BlueCo owners operate Ligue 1 side Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01hsnvbq9pzc661m3jt7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"FBL-EUR-C4-NICE-BASEL\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Ratcliffe has stakes in Man Utd and Nice \/ VALERY HACHE\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Liverpool\u00a0have also outlined their intentions to form a multi-club model and too will be boosted by news any potential feeder side would not be barred from competing in Europe at the same time as them.<\/p>\n<p>These new rules, which fall under Article 5 of UEFA\u2019s competition regulations, come into effect on May 1.<\/p>\n<p>United and Nice stakeholder Ratcliffe insisted in February he was not worried about UEFA\u2019s previous rules regarding multi-club ownership anyway, revealing there would have been workarounds to circumnavigate the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no circumstances upon which an ownership of Nice would prevent Manchester United from playing in the Champions League. I\u2019ll be crystal clear on that,\u201d Ratcliffe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says you have to change the ownership structure. So it\u2019s all about influence and positions on the board and that sort of thing. A: the rules are changing, and B: there are shades of grey not black and white.\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0will probably have the problem before we have the problem because they\u2019ve obviously got Girona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA have relaxed their rules regarding multi-club ownership, meaning two teams controlled by the same entity would be able to qualify for European competition at the same time. 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