Moyes slams help for Big Six

DAVID MOYES has accused England’s Big Six clubs of trying to insulate themselves from failure with UEFA plans making it easier for them to qualify for the Champions League.

The proposals for the 2024-25 Champions League would mean Arsenal and Manchester United, based on their competition history, could qualify for the Champions League if they finished fifth or won the FA Cup — but would not allow the likes of West Ham that chance.

A year on from the collapse of the European Super League, the UEFA coefficient proposals are also opposed by fans, the majority of European clubs and by Moyes, who said: ‘I don’t think it sits correctly with anyone who is a football supporter.

‘I don’t see where there are many people who could speak positively about this being a good process. I’m guessing behind it is that this is some way to keep them from going into any other leagues. But it seems unfair.

‘We want to try to mix it with the big boys when we get the chance.’

Moyes said that the Big Six ‘get security, if they drop, to stop them falling any further’.

The Football Supporters Association, with backing from fans of the Big Six, said: ‘We are united in opposition to proposals to reform the Champions League that are a back door attempt at a return to the discredited idea of a European Super League.

‘These proposals will only widen the gap between rich clubs and the rest, at the same time wrecking domestic league calendars, with the expectation that fans sacrifice yet more time and money attending meaningless group games.’