http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 are guaranteed of a place in the Europa League next season and are hopeful that missing out on the Champions League won’t be a major financial loss
Almost everything has been said and written about the incredible fiasco French Ligue 1 clubs, Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais will face for not being able to qualify for the Champions League.
After winning Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899, OM and OL have automatically qualified for the Europa League which is less lucrative than the UCL. For the likes of Stade Rennais, playing in the Europa League is a financial boost but for Marseille and
Lyon, anything less than Champions League is considered a failure and an issue.
However, both clubs should expect a better compensation for playing in the second tier European competition.
PSG and Rennais lost more money than they earned in this year’s Europa League. Both clubs failed to go beyond the group stages which is the reason why they reaped zero financial rewards.
Last year, both http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 and Villarreal received a financial windfall for playing the final in Dublin. Same will be the consequences for last night’s winners Atletico Madrid and the finalists, Athletico Bilbao.
Though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453 Aulas is not happy with what his team will play for next season in Europe, the Lyon supremo should take comfort by the fact that the next version of Europa League would be more profitable than before.
“UEFA Europa League with an economical device, is more interesting than previous versions. The gap was 1 to 5.5 and will now fall by 1 to 3.5. Europa League is a minimum. For us, if the Champions League can save between 20 and 30 million Euros, the Europa
League can bring in between 5 and 10 million Euros.”
And adding to that, the fee paid by Al Jazeera and M 6 (rising from 8 million to 16 million Euros including a substantial bonus depending upon progress in the competition), things would improve for both Rhone sides.
However, French teams have recently been abysmal in the competition so there will be no easy way out for both Marseille and for Lyon when the competition begins.
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