Champions League final may be staged in United States in future, says UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin

By India Today Sports Desk: The Champions League final may be held throughout the United States eventually eventually, acknowledged UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Men in Blazers podcast, reported Reuters on Tuesday, 25 April. Ceferin acknowledged that European soccer’s most prestigious opponents may be held throughout the US to capitalise on the sport’s rising repute throughout the nation.

The UEFA Champions League, primarily essentially the most wished title in European soccer, has under no circumstances had its summit battle carried out exterior of the continent since its inception in 1955.

“It’s possible. We started to discuss about that but then one year it was the World Cup, (20)24 is Euros, this year (the final) is in Istanbul, ’24 is in London and ’25 is in Munich and after that, let’s see,” Ceferin suggested the Men in Blazers podcast.

“Football is extremely popular in the United States these days… Americans are ready to pay for best and nothing for the less. So they will follow European football as basketball lovers in Europe follow the NBA.

“What shocked me (regarding the American viewers) was that the European Championship finals was watched by additional people throughout the United States than the NBA Finals… For 30 matches of the Euros, the viewership was like Super Bowl viewership.”

This yr’s Super Bowl attracted a imply of 113 million viewers on U.S. television and digital platforms.

However, Ceferin acknowledged the time distinction was a problem, notably within the occasion that they carried out throughout the afternoon on the Pacific coast which could see matches kick off spherical midnight in Europe.

The United States will co-host the 2026 World Cup along with Mexico and Canada.

Ceferin, a Slovenian lawyer who has been UEFA president since 2016, was re-elected unopposed all through their Ordinary Congress in Lisbon earlier this month and may serve a four-year time interval until 2027.

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