Ornstein: Chelsea's Mintzlaff talks, clubs keen on Champions League games outside Europe

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Ornstein: Chelsea's Mintzlaff talks, clubs keen on Champions League games outside Europe
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Clubs keen to explore Champions League games outside Europe 🌎 View global fans deserve meaningful games 🌎 PSG president and ECA chair Al-Khelaifi among supporters 🌎 Early group-stage games or Super Cup among initial ideas Full story from AdamCrafton_

It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that the work Chelsea are conducting to bolster their set-up resulted in them exploring the possibility of hiring the RB Leipzig chief executive Oliver Mintzlaff.

But with two sides in contact over the summer it was decided to park the matter until the market shut. The Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who also chairs the ECA and is a member of UEFA’s executive committee, is among those supportive of such discussions, with leading club executives open to fixtures taking place in major markets such as the US, China or the Middle East.

Following the failure of the Super League project last year, UEFA conceded more power to clubs when it embarked on a joint venture with the ECA to identify marketing partners to sell commercial rights for European club competitions in the 2024-27 cycle.

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