Upcoming Champions’ League Finals in US Possible – UEFA President

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

Aleksandra Ceferin, the UEFA President has stated that the Champions League final may be played in the United States in the future.

Aleksandra said it’s possible because the Europe soccer governing body seeks to capitalize on the sport’s rising popularity in the nation.

Since 1955, it was learnt that the premier event in European club football hasn’t been held outside the continent.

Aleksandra said a break from tradition could be in the work as they toyed with the new idea.

According to him, he said that time difference is one of the major problems especially if matches on the Pacific coast take place in the afternoon and begin around midnight in Europe.

It was gathered that the upcoming 2026 World Cup will be co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the United States.

“It’s possible. We started to discuss that but then one year it was the World Cup, (20)24 is Euros, this year (the final) is in Istanbul, ’24 is in London and ’25 is in Munich and after that, let’s see,” Aleksandra stated

“Football is extremely popular in the United States these days… Americans are ready to pay for the best and nothing for the less. So they will follow European football as basketball lovers in Europe follow the NBA.

“What shocked me (about the American audience) was that the European Championship finals were watched by more people in the United States than the NBA Finals… For 30 matches of the Euros, the viewership was like Super Bowl viewership.” He added

It is recorded that an average of 113 million people watched the Super Bowl in the US on television and online this year.