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Not until the January transfer window (technically we might get a day to do a deal if the summer window closes on Sept 1st). Taken from the following link - https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0283-186f6a2609f6-77d919fb7eff-1000--the-cfcb-renders-decisions-on-multi-club-ownership-cases-for/...

They aren’t the a feeder club. It was never Blooms intention for them to be anything other than another part of his football portfolio. We got their top scorer two seasons ago and wanted Boniface over the summer but weren’t allowed to sign him due to the UEFA ruling. Two of their best players...

It is fair though as every club is treated equally, they also know this is the format of the competition before they start.

You are correct it wouldn’t go down well here. But it’s been in place over in Belgium since around the 09-10 season. It was voted in as the theory behind it was more games between the top clubs would make teams better and in turn transfer into Belgian clubs doing better in Europe. Since the...

Both tables are incorrect in the above post. The regular season table is sorted on goal difference as the tie break, but Cercle Brugge made the playoffs at the expense of Gent on games won which is the first tie break after points. As you say USG are still top of the play off table as...

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Some controversy has emerged from the last round of the regular season as Genk and Westerlo played out a 1-1 draw that was enough to see Genk into the Championship play offs and Westerlo avoid the relegation rounds. The last 5 mins or so were played with no effort from the players, just going...

Yes and no. Against Anderlect it makes no real difference, other than going into the play offs on the back of a draw rather than a defeat. However take into account third place Antwerp, if USG hadn't have got that point today then their total would have been rounded. In that case, an admittedly...

Goal difference doesn’t matter. There are two criteria for a tie break if teams finish level on points at the end of the play offs. First is to remove any rounded up points, second is finishing position at the end of the regular season. This means USG would always be favoured in any tied scenario.

1-1 Final score. Means a 3 point advantage for USG going into the play offs. That equaliser means Antwerp take third place from Club Brugge who lost today. Final games to play that effect the play offs. Gent vs Charleroi Westerlo vs Genk OH Leuven vs Mechelen Cercle Brugge vs RWDM. Genk and...

A win tomorrow will mean USG hold the advantage should they finish level on points with Anderlect at the end of the play offs. In the event of two teams finishing level on points the first tie break to remove any rounding up made at the end of the league stage. Even a draw would give USG the...

USG has a 5 point lead at the end of that season which became a 3 point lead after rounding going into the play offs.

According to wiki they own 47% of Girona so it should be easy for them to reduce that ownership to 30% you’d think. But I’m sure as it’s City there’ll be some sort of exception granted.

Because UEFAs rules state that no person or company can have more than a 30% share in a second club when both clubs are playing in UEFA competitions. It’s not a problem if the share is less than 30% or the other club isn’t involved in European competition. Aston Villa’s owners also had to...

It's not an absolute joke though as the Belgian clubs voted for this system. The idea behind it was that having a play off system to decide the champions and European qualification places there would be more games between the top sides and make said top sides better over a period of time and...

Definitely right to do that in that respect but it’s a ball ache for clubs like us who are using it as part of a genuine player development strategy (not that aren’t a host of other clubs wanting our players) as well as for the work permit points. Although the changes coming to the work permit...

It’s just been reported on Sky News Sports that Premier League clubs are going to vote on banning loan moves between clubs within the same ownership structure. It appears in the first instance the ban will just cover this coming January window, so it won’t affect us and USG as we’ve already...

I've added a link to the post that does qualify several structural changes were made before UEFA allowed both to compete in the Champions League. So they were treated in a similar way to how Tony Bloom was in regards to his USG ownership. I originally thought that UEFA gave the ok without any...

It has nothing to do with where the owners are based, it's because the clubs they own are UEFA affiliated. Aston Villa's owners are American and Egyptian and they had to reduce their shares in Portuguese club Vitoria de Guimaraes so both could play in the Conference League this season (although...

Tony still has an investment in USG, he’s just sold or transferred part of his shares to his business partner and their chairman Alex Muzio to make him the majority shareholder. I can’t see that changing as there is every chance that we could end up in European competition together again. We...