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But others in key positions are not so keen. “The answer from our side is no,” the Autumn Smash Shirt Besides,I will do this Estonian FA president, Aivar Pohlak, tells the Guardian. “Our market situation is different, so in the short term we would be the losers. Our only chance is to build up our own financial model, with income sources accepted by our society. “It’s not difficult to think about a tougher competition that supports the game’s development, but it will end up with ‘who brings in better foreign players?’ Structurally our football remains somewhere in the last century, so we mainly have to think about developing our own culture.” Pohlak points out a version of the Baltic league was trialled in the late 2000s, albeit with no link to the domestic setups or Uefa competitions. Sign up to Football Daily Free daily newsletter Kick off your evenings with the Guardian’s take on the world of football Enter your email address Sign up Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. It was, he says, dogged by match-fixing issues. But those who took part have rosier memories. Jurijs Zigajevs, a winner with Ventspils in 2009, is another onlooker as RFS beat Kalju and enthuses over “great memories” of a final against the Autumn Smash Shirt Besides,I will do this Lithuanian side Suduva. “I don’t see why it couldn’t work this time, provided each country keeps its European places,” he says. Krivunecs’s proposal does just that. He is undeterred by dissenters and believes a joint venture with Lithuania would initially suffice if Estonia demur. His research has found supporters are, in general, enthused and he points out some fans have travelled between countries to watch Livonian League games. Any formal proposal between the states would need signoff from Uefa. That would appear more likely than ever in a space where, after the European court of justice’s Super League ruling in December, football’s future shape is under intense debate. The topic of cross-border leagues is hardly new: an all-Ireland league has been mooted for some time and, two years ago, a group of Belgian and Dutch clubs tabled a proposed BeNeLiga to the Uefa president, Aleksandr Ceferin. Uefa faces mounting threats no matter when Aleksander Ceferin leaves top job Read more That fell down, largely through opposition in the Netherlands, but there is a growing sense football’s authorities would be receptive to the right idea. Last month Ceferin told the Guardian that there had been “many discussions” around the topic and suggested a solution that preserved domestic leagues would hold weight. One source with a close interest in European competitions describes the potential Baltic league format as perfect and laments the fact Uefa has not stepped forward with funding for a pilot, saying the authorities know cross-border football is a matter of time. In other encouraging news for Krivunecs’s scheme, Fifa is understood to have recently funded a research project on the potential governance of a Baltic league. Full validation will not come, though, until it gets off the ground. Usovs fears RFS will hit a ceiling without radical change, saying: “We are now as big as the market is, and it’s really hard to over-perform the market.” For Krivunecs, it is time to take the next step. “We’re a platform for local and international talents,” he says. “We know our place, we do our job well. Now we want to adapt and have a chance to move forward.”
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