Recently, according to a number of Russian media confirmed, Chelsea's former owner and russian businessman Abramovich is preparing to form a "continental league" that includes 8 national league teams. With further media coverage of the continental league, more details were revealed. As one of the components of the continental league conceived by Abu, the team of the Chinese Super League is expected to play an important role this time.
According to Abu's vision, the continental league will include the best teams from 8 countries, namely Russia, China, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Israel, Serbia, Belarus and Finland. According to the Russian media "ФК Челси", the format of the Continental League will imitate the establishment of the Premier League. That is to say, the participating teams may be controlled at about 18 to 20 teams, and the allocation to each country is about two places, which means that in theory, the champions and runners-up of the Chinese Super League will definitely be invited to participate.
The report also pointed out that Abu's original intention in founding the continental league was mainly to provide a platform for teams in the Russian league to participate in international competitions. At present, with Russian teams excluded from UEFA competitions, they urgently need such a platform to prove themselves on the international stage.
In addition, the eight participating countries of the Continental League are all "marginal" roles in their respective continental competitions, so this event may be more concerned by fans in these countries. Especially in China, considering the huge audience and potential of the Chinese football market, it will become one of the main markets for Abu in the future.
Russian media also pointed out that in the future to improve the operation of the continental league, Abu will also hire some experts from FIFA or UEFA to help, and Abu himself will become the largest sponsor of the continental league.
If things are really as the Russian media say, then once Abu's "continental league" is really established, it will be an unprecedented "stitching monster" in football, and for Chinese Super League teams, it is also a rare event that can directly play against European teams.