apr 28, 2002 - PSV Eindhoven write to around 30 clubs in a
bid to resurrect the 'Atlantic League', now
featuring between 18 and 20 teams and no
longer including the Scandinavian countries.
Up to five places would have been awarded to
Scottish clubs under the new proposal
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"At least Uefa have to recognise we have a problem and we have to talk about it" he said.
"Maybe this isn't the best solution, but in the end we have to do something, because otherwise in the future the Champions League and the Uefa Cup are only going to be won by teams from the big countries.
"And that's not the idea of Uefa and Fifa, because competition is the idea for all the teams in these organisations, and competition is the basis of any sport".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/world_football/1958019.stm
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