Thu 20 Apr 06
North London Rumble
With the Légion Étrangère’s victory over Villareal yesterday making a CL finals appearance a growing possibility, Tottenham is gearing up to fight for its potential CL qualifying spot:
The Daily Telegraph has learnt that the Premier League are backing Tottenham’s case and last month wrote to Uefa on their behalf asking if they would consider changing their rules again.
That request was knocked back but Tottenham are not likely to let the matter rest.
Chairman Daniel Levy and club secretary John Alexander are exploring ways of challenging Uefa’s rules. It is understood that they are even considering legal action as they believe the rules could be viewed as discriminatory under European legislation.
The UEFA rules were pretzeled last year to give the Scousers another run at European glory. It speaks volumes of how Arsenal is viewed that the EPL is willing to stand logic on its head and fight for Spurs in the face of that precedent.
Paul Canniff
