The Premier League will face this Wednesday the possible decisive suppression of the ‘replays’ (tiebreakers) of the FA Cup. The world’s oldest club competition could change forever. But you have to remember that the Premier doesn’t rule the FA Cuptherefore you should discuss the matter with the English Football Association (FA) and the English Football League (EFL) with any potential changes.
In the Prime Minister’s meeting they will also discuss big change to the League Cup, the Carabao Cup, within the framework of the so-called New Deal For Football. One of those differences is that teams participating in European competitions play the League Cup with U-21 players or even if they don’t play it at all.
Premier clubs are very concerned, and their coaches insist on this, due to the fact that teams’ schedules are increasingly tight and the situation will worsen with the Champions expansion from 2024.
Nor with FA Cup tie-breaks in 2020-21, to help with calendar problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, when competitions stopped for several months. They also eliminated in the 3rd and 4th rounds last season.
Neither the FA nor the EFL wished to comment at this time. the possibility of major changes to the FA Cup and League Cup, following which talks with the Premier on the matter are yet to take place.
Source: La Verdad
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