NEW YORK: The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate News Corporation is drawing up an ambitious plan to launch a summer competition featuring Europe’s top clubs with games to be played across the world.
Media reports in the UK claim the proposal envisages a 16-team competition run for 10 years with a potential start date of 2015 in the close season when clubs traditionally play friendly matches.
Leading clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich would be invited to take part.
Matches would be aired on Murdoch’s group of global television networks, with cities from Europe, Asia and the Americas understood to be bidding to host games.
A report in The Guardian stated approaches have been made to a number of cities by executives from Fox International to explore partnerships to host games. However, the proposal is at its early stages.
A source said: “One of the major issues is if it gets to the stage of trying to pull the empire together and paying what they think is a fair share.”
In March the Qatar Football Association denied the involvement of any official Qatari football bodies in the reported launch of a ‘Dream Football League’ featuring Europe’s leading clubs.
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