Aleksander Ceferin
Aleksander Ceferin said he has spoken directly to the manager of one of the Champions League finalists

The system that works as it aids clubs is the distribution and pricing of the final tickets.

Most of the revenue from tickets goes to the clubs.

If all tickets are 10 euro, it will change a lot for the clubs.

The system works, and clubs couldn't function differently.

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Real Madrid will play a game againstLiverpool on May 28.

Each club has received 19,618 tickets while a further 12,000 were put on general sale via a ballot, which closed before the semi-final second legs were played.

The allocation will cost between 410 and 578.

The system benefits clubs financially.

I explained the same thing to one of the coaches of the two teams a couple of days ago and I can do it here, according to Ceferin.

I explained it to him a bit more and took a lot more time because I went through every single number.

The clubs get 93.5% of the revenues from the finals. The clubs get all of the revenues from the other matches.

Fans of both teams get 20,000 tickets. Some tickets are given to sponsors that pay 100 or more million dollars in sponsorship. It is part of a contractual obligation.

Uefa gets less tickets than the others. Some tickets go to the market, some to the fans and some to the partners. It is not Uefa. I am not giving my friends tickets for free or selling them to them.

European Super League proposal 'over once and for all'

Ceferin added that any prospect of a European Super League "is over", with Uefa having this week agreed a new 'Swiss-style' format for the Champions League from the 2024-25 season.

Twelve of Europe's biggest clubs signed up for the proposed competition last April, only for it to collapse within days after a backlash from players and fans.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are open to the concept, but they don't like to call it the Super League.

This project is over for me, at least for 20 years. I don't know what will happen.

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