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Pan-European - 01 November, 2007
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The G14 is tearing down that wall that separates the east from the west.
The G14 has released the names of the clubs it has invited to meet about the organisation next month, with an Eastern touch to the list.
Scottish Celtic, Spanish Sevilla, English Chelsea, Italian Roma, Monaco, Portuguese Benfica and German Werder Bremen are some of the clubs that could join the 18 current members of the G14. But there also is a strong Eastern influence.
Russian CSKA Moscow, Ukrainian Dinamo Kiev, Polish Wisla Krakow, Serbian Red Star Belgrade, Romanian Steaua Bucharest, Bulgarian Levski Sofia and Czech Sparta Prague represent the old side of the Iron Curtain.
Also on the list from non-traditional G14 areas are Israeli Maccabi Haifa and Turkish Fenerbahce.
Others invited include Belgian Anderlecht, Greek Olympiacos, Swiss Basle, Norwegian Rosenborg, Danish FC Copenhagen and Austria Vienna.
Current members are English Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United; Spanish Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia; Italian AC Milan, Internazionale and Juventus; German Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund; French Lyon, Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain; Dutch Ajax and PSV Eindhoven and Portuguese Porto.
That not only gives the G14 a potentially diverse membership, but one with representatives in nearly every European nation.
First they meet, then they decide if the clubs and the G14 would mix well.
"This will be an initial meeting with the clubs," said G14 communications manager Derek McGlynn. "It will be used to explain the idea behind the organisation, as well as gauging the level of interest of the clubs we have invited, who will potentially become members.
"The event is an opportunity to meet the clubs, present ideas and get some feedback."
Despite the "new blood" possibly coming in, the G14 might not be a democracy entirely. Sevilla's website reported that members will have different levels of voting power. Italian AC Milan is at the top with eight votes out of 103, while Spanish Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia will have four each and English Arsenal, Sevilla, Benfica and Ajax will have three apiece.
The G14 has released the names of the clubs it has invited to meet about the organisation next month, with an Eastern touch to the list.
Scottish Celtic, Spanish Sevilla, English Chelsea, Italian Roma, Monaco, Portuguese Benfica and German Werder Bremen are some of the clubs that could join the 18 current members of the G14. But there also is a strong Eastern influence.
Russian CSKA Moscow, Ukrainian Dinamo Kiev, Polish Wisla Krakow, Serbian Red Star Belgrade, Romanian Steaua Bucharest, Bulgarian Levski Sofia and Czech Sparta Prague represent the old side of the Iron Curtain.
Also on the list from non-traditional G14 areas are Israeli Maccabi Haifa and Turkish Fenerbahce.
Others invited include Belgian Anderlecht, Greek Olympiacos, Swiss Basle, Norwegian Rosenborg, Danish FC Copenhagen and Austria Vienna.
Current members are English Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United; Spanish Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia; Italian AC Milan, Internazionale and Juventus; German Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund; French Lyon, Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain; Dutch Ajax and PSV Eindhoven and Portuguese Porto.
That not only gives the G14 a potentially diverse membership, but one with representatives in nearly every European nation.
First they meet, then they decide if the clubs and the G14 would mix well.
"This will be an initial meeting with the clubs," said G14 communications manager Derek McGlynn. "It will be used to explain the idea behind the organisation, as well as gauging the level of interest of the clubs we have invited, who will potentially become members.
"The event is an opportunity to meet the clubs, present ideas and get some feedback."
Despite the "new blood" possibly coming in, the G14 might not be a democracy entirely. Sevilla's website reported that members will have different levels of voting power. Italian AC Milan is at the top with eight votes out of 103, while Spanish Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia will have four each and English Arsenal, Sevilla, Benfica and Ajax will have three apiece.
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