soul24rage
Senior Member
I mean there used to be the Intertoto cup but can't even get my head around that format just by reading the wiki page, shit could have multiple winners per year
I do recall it being useless at the time to the extent most teams just never saw the point and forfeited the games lol
I think it's more key to current day because you can get more eyes on a final, but ultimately the purpose it serves is useless considering this year's winners would have already qualified for Europa (or even CL if the incoming new format were a thing in Netherlands' case). It does need a CL qualifying spot at stake.
At first, I thought that as well, but if this happened, I think more clubs would favor to be involved in the ECL than the Europa League as it's an easier way to get into the CL imo since the level of opposition in the ECL is lower and this would devalue the Europa League.
I'm saying this out of the blue, but maybe the winner of the ECL could get an automatic spot in the knockout stage of the Europa League or get a huge influx in $$$.