Wenger warns Platini over Champions League proposals</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned that Michel Platini's proposals to change the Champions League will put the integrity of the competition at risk. UEFA president Platini wants to make the Champions League more accessible across Europe and is determined to include six champions from the bottom 40 countries of UEFA's membership, as well as making places available for domestic cup winners. Platini may accept a compromise whereby each association would decide whether the cup winners should replace the lowest league qualifier for Europe's top club tournament. But Wenger fears his fellow Frenchman is in danger of undermining the competition because too many matches will be non-contests. This season's group stages have already seen Arsenal beat Slavia Prague 7-0 and Liverpool thrash Besiktas 8-0. "You have to be careful not to change the Champions League too much by bringing in even more weaker teams because you could find yourself with games with no meaning," Wenger said. "That would be very dangerous for the quality of the competition." Wenger used Wednesday's Champions League tie against Czech side Slavia to rest eight of his first team regulars but there is no chance of a break for the coach. So it's just as well that the notorious workaholic claims he wouldn't know what to do even if he did have time to get away from football. "I don't need a rest," he said. "I am marathon runner. I am always busy. There is always work to do that we can not do when we play. "I must say I am quite lost on holiday. But the holiday period is the transfer period so there is always football. "I can sit on the beach on my phone and I have met players there. The players are at the beach as well in the summer!" Wenger will be back on the bench at Reading on Monday as Arsenal try to maintain their position on top of the Premier League. The constant grind of top-level competition can cause managers to burn out if they let the stress get to them. It's not a problem that bothers Wenger. "No one has found a machine to measure the pressure so I don't know how much damage it does to me compared to somebody else," he said. "Many people say I am under massive pressure and it is terrible to experience but you cannot measure it to see if it is worse than someone else or not. "I keep fit, go to the gym, go running. I do a little everyday. But for me if you are in sport then you are in sport. "The players are under physical stress that I am not. Yes, there is mental stress but I like to be 'in there' and keep in."</div></p>
can you imagine a Slavia Prague VS Besiktas final in the CL?....lol, I wonder how many would go and watch it!</p> Platini is a W@nker!</p>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DDRickyDD)</div><div class='quotemain'></font></p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">yeah, hence the name 'Champions'.</font></p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"></div></font></p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">But if it is the champions of luxemberg there would be no point</font></p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (man_u_barmy_army)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">But if it is the champions of luxemberg there would be no point</font></p> </div></p> They don't get past the qualifiying round.</p> </p>
