Aleksander Čeferin Reveals All on The Super League & Liverpool's UCL Final

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin joins Gary Neville on the latest episode of The Overlap.
Aleksander speaks on his childhood & growing up in Slovenia, before becoming a defence lawyer.
They then discuss Liverpool's Champions League final, and Aleksander issues an apology to the club.
Finally the UEFA President talks about the European Super League and the following fallout.
If you enjoyed this interview make sure to leave a like, and subscribe for more.
#uefa #championsleague #superleague
00:00-8:47 Early Life in Slovenia and Joining the Army
8:47-11:45 Transition from Law to Football
11:45-16:12 Views on English Football, FFP and Integrity
16:12-19:43 Multi-Club Ownership
19:43-24:26 Apology to Liverpool and Real Madrid Fans
24:26-38:27 The Super League and its Damage
38:27-45:34 The Future of European Football

[@Buvey]

Great to see this kind of interview, great to see Gary talking to someone this influential in european football

[@apt9238]

I can’t read a comment of yours anymore without trying to figure out where the sarcasm is 😂

[@k_robbomufc944]

You haven't even watched it yet ya tool

[@Ejdfj]

​@k_robbomufc944 honestly, haha. Uploaded a 45 minute video 32 mins ago, and after 2 mins he's said that 😂 as fraudulent as Man City's revenue

[@Allwin-lz6yj]

shush bruv 😂

[@barry4649]

Fair play Buvey, I’ve never managed to watch a 45 minute video in whole when it’s been uploaded for two minutes 😂. Also, you, McKola and Rory are little snakes

[@PhilWhelanNow]

Props to Gary, excellent interview & nice to see the human side of UEFA.

[@pablomoreno6293]

UEFA works in terms of how much money they have

[@TheNightmareAssasin]

He was a terrible interviewer

[@marko6947]

you a clown

[@bernie5951]

​@Dragon Ball fans can't read Where you from because you clueless UEFA return 80 percent of there profits back to football do you know that each UEFA member state get payment from UEFA each year yeah they return mulions back to football

[@markthomas5562]

Brilliant interview. The overlap is by far the best out there for this kind of thing in football a great mix of hard hitting interviews and fun stuff. Keep up the good work guys and keep them coming

[@marko6947]

Nah it was trash

[@Craig23McDonald]

Who else does stuff like this for football?

[@Nett11]

His comments about his mother was very touching

[@joemckeown2763]

"We'll make sure this doesn't happen again". Literally happened yesterday at Porto vs. Inter.

[@Rybo4]

Fair play to Ceferin for doing this interview.

[@MeAg4in]

facinating interview loved it 👍

[@ifhambuhary1536]

Best overlap episode todate. Thank you so much Gary. An amazing interview. and what a character Aleksander is!!!

[@TheOverlap]

Glad you enjoyed it Ifham!

[@marko6947]

clown

[@collydub1987]

​@@marko6947mate, calm down

[@matthewharris2640]

Amazing honest. Fair play for naming clubs the way he did.

[@jjc2702]

Fantastic interview Gary and great to see how Cefrin now feels after nearly 2 years since the launch of the ESL, these interviews need to get coming, brilliant!

[@marko6947]

clown

[@HarmonyLeighThomas]

Ceferin: "...but I won't say which two clubs." Neville: "Were they City and Chelsea?" Ceferin: "Yes." 😅

[@dinamo8]

Worth noting that it was the clubs who voted for the expanded Champions League, it wasn't imposed on them by UEFA.

[@jamesmcqe9287]

Really? I never knew this, very good info

[@Rybo4]

@@jamesmcqe9287 Yeah, Ceferin even mentions it in the interview at about 28 mins, talking about agreeing with the "ECA to change the format" (meaning the UCL format) - the ECA is the top european clubs who pressure UEFA into certain things.

[@groovinsusan2468]

“It’s an evolution not a revolution.” Fantastic quote

[@j-larne]

Excellent interview and content. You keep raising the bar Gary, keep it up, it's always great.

[@jedsithor]

What I found interesting is that Gary seemed to be trying to get him to commit to sorting out multi-club ownership and do so in a way that prevents owners having multiple clubs but actually, Ceferin seemed to be taking the view that any rule changes were probably going to be in favour of multi-club-ownership rather than against it.

[@stevenhill4584]

Honestly, this was very nice to see! Great job all round! 👏👏

[@owenwood8385]

This was a great interview! Fully engaged the whole time, nice to see someone who seems to care about the game.

[@ramzino5968]

Keep the guest and episodes flowing Gary this channel is the best.

[@TheOverlap]

Great to have you as a subscriber Ramzino 👏

[@TheTrueTeknician]

I've always been intrigued by this man especially cause of how he responded to the Super league. Great interview!

[@cesco1990]

And he was full of bullshit during that segment. Ofcourse UEFA holds all the cards. He even said around the 40 minute mark that national competitions are where clubs and the UEFA get their most money out of and that is why the UEFA threatened immediately to ban the "SL-clubs" from their respective national competitions and then the smaller teams would get paid more that's why small teams were relying on their fans to riot as much as possible. If I would've been one the owner of those 12 SL-teams I would have called his bluff and let people watch Champions League finals like Cadiz - Toulouse. The interest of the people would wane very quickly, I'm sure. 📃

[@gerardmclaughlin6278]

Great interview, a very knowledgeable man and one who recognises Neville's influence in English football and how valuable he will be in fight against ESL. Hard to disagree with anything Ceferin said.

[@prettyboyonline]

He is super transparent, decent bloke.

[@aaronwhiteside608]

What a fantastic interview this is. Brilliant Gary Neville

[@TheOverlap]

Glad you enjoyed Aaron

[@ruchinwakohu4683]

Probably one of my favourite vids from The Overlap

[@hudsontv2379]

One of the best Overlap episodes so far. Gary is doing a fantastic job and that interview didn't just show how great Gary is doing. But also the human side of the head of UEFA. It's kinda crazy to think how Aleksander gets so much stick off clubs. He's doing a great job and you can see that football is what drives him. Not money or power. #Fantastic

[@champagnepapi66]

Wow what an amazing interview Gary this channel and content is world class. Aleksander Čeferin has gone up in my estimation massively, he seems he has football best interest first and foremost. F*ck the super league!

[@damianmclaughlin9451]

I didnt expect Aleksander to be as honest as he was, good to know hes in charge of uefa now compared to the last regime, brilliant interview👍

[@petershortland478]

I trust UEFA more than I do FIFA

[@ApacheTheCat]

Best interview yet!!

[@jimjogger306]

Great to see someone so influential saying it how it is, He seems very honest, Gave me a whole new opinion and feeling towards UEFA, Great interview,

[@YngveOterhals]

Thanx Gary. A much needed interview:)

[@jr8612]

Excellent interview! Refreshing to see such an influential voice in the game speak so candidly about the state of things at the moment

[@marko6947]

clown

[@gart9680]

One of, if not the best, overlap interviews. Fans want to know from *people who actually have answers.*

[@zicodasgupta3313]

Terrific interview

[@simondewhurst3237]

Great interview Gaz, I’m speechless 👏👏👏

[@TheOverlap]

Glad you enjoyed Simon.

[@boatengkenwell1060]

Love the interview 🎉

[@waseemaslam3195]

Great interview

[@lornasinclair4768]

Great interview I like this person Aleksander very level headed open,honest,down to earth, good insight to the workings of football heads and the sharks or dolphins 😂

[@pablomoreno6293]

The interview is made by his comunication team he is not honest just want to have the best image possible in order to have the more money as possible.

[@lornasinclair4768]

@@pablomoreno6293 what I saw n heard was honest to what he was asked!!! We all have are own opinions!!!

[@umzizidz1111]

great stuff gary.. props to both!

[@slimcat1982]

Brilliant interview, great insight and he seems a normal person that enjoys football as most of us

[@mikegould9660]

This is an amazing podcast. Awesome work Gary and team

[@qualitywithinplay]

Excellent Episode of the Overlap. My most favourite to date. This is the interview content that has been solely missed. Keep up the good work.

[@tips2739]

That's what an interview is, brilliant

[@TheOverlap]

Glad you enjoyed it TiPS!

[@alibizzle2010]

He's right. Making sure it doesn't happen again is the most important thing. That's why those who are responsible as outlined in the report must face serious consequences

[@benbennett23]

Great listen this, cefrin seems like a great guy

[@flyoverfredusa]

brilliant, I learned loads there. AC came across really well

[@TheOverlap]

Glad to hear it!

[@ronakjoshi5198]

Big big interview Gary well done!

[@TheOverlap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@abritandhisbikeinpoland6802]

Absolutely brilliant, I trust this guy, a guy from a tough background with a good education and a passion, football is safe with him!

[@puspenderlather2347]

That's one of the biggest scams in human history

[@seanmcquillan8024]

Fantastic interview,overlap on another level to others.

[@TheOverlap]

Appreciate it Sean! 👏

[@chrisfowler2535]

Uefa is in good hands with Ceferin it seems 👍 Well done Gary for this interview. Really enjoyed watching and listening to this on my break at work 😁

[@tball7027]

Enjoy this interview ,well done Gary ,Rvn going to be top manager for sure👍

[@Denver70]

Well done Gary this was a great interview. Nice to actually hear from the man at the top of European Football. Liked the fact that he didn't dodge tricky questions .... He obviously wears his heart on his sleeve and answered more like a fan than the main man of UEFA. Keep the content coming you filthy RAG 😜 CTID

[@StewartEvans52]

That was one of the best interviews iv seen on this channel,thankyou Gary for that it gives us fans some peace of mind

[@gottmituns813]

Amazing interview!

[@phild5322]

Don’t usually comment, but I didn’t know I needed to hear this conversation so much

[@TheOverlap]

Always great to have feedback Phil. Thanks again.

[@alimuzzaman4344]

Great interview. 👍🏾

[@TheOverlap]

Appreciate that

[@Hawaii1989]

Nice one Gary, great interview and a real insight into UEFA football

[@JohnMcMahon.]

This was a scoop getting him on. Really enjoyed this and he seems legit.

[@JM-qv7fe]

Great Job Gary, keep it up!

[@Mikey-ro1wh]

Brilliant interview

[@TheOverlap]

Nice one Mikey!

[@davidwestlundvuxvuxelev5595]

great video!

[@richardsugarman1010]

Very impressive guy, great interview.

[@carlmcgrath484]

Good interview. But really wanted to see Gary press him about the increase of number of games in the UCL and World Cup

[@shaw9673]

Great Interview very interesting ...

[@TheOverlap]

Glad you think so!

[@karlwilliams8625]

Would have loved a question on the new CL format and adding extra English teams.

[@shane9956]

Excellent! The future of euro football is in good hands. Love the personality and attitude towards SHARKS!

[@DavidjUK61]

Great show

[@MrKrisstain]

Take a drink every time Gary says "at this moment in time"

[@flyaway6671]

You trying to kill me?

[@BlackChrishi]

That's how you lose your liver or get alcohol poisoning

[@thomasfaulkner41]

Sober now hit treble figures.

[@leerichards1667]

Great interview Gary really enjoyed

[@TheOverlap]

Thanks Lee!

[@mattthornton4503]

Love this 👍🏻

[@TheOverlap]

Thanks Matt!

[@ashyoung8440]

Excellent content.

[@TheOverlap]

Cheers Ash! Who would you like to see us interview next?

[@reddevilsujan8487]

Absolutely loving overlap !! We need more

[@TheOverlap]

Stay tuned for the next upload...👀

[@AD-zs3ey]

Great interview this... Confirmed it was United and Liverpool pushing for Super League from an English perspective. City and Chelsea offered to be UEFA's "clubs on the inside" and the first to pull out. Surely worse than any FFP. United and Liverpool should be relegated and or deducted points for trying to ruin the FA and UEFA.

[@TheOverlap]

Thanks A D!

[@gart9680]

Both American owned. So... it's the American owners pushing. The owners should be banned from owning clubs.

[@toplad73]

A fantastic interview from Neville with really open and honest answers from Cerefin!!. It's really encouraging to see that UEFA is in such great hands.

[@amadeus21]

I’m glad you guys cut out the last part “Riiiight, let’s get back to the interview” from the middle Skybet section. It sounded so fake, I would notice it every single time. 😂

[@barry4649]

Now, I’ve not watched this yet but if Gary doesn’t point out UEFA’s own monopoly on European football, give a minuscule percentage of their tournaments profits to the clubs involved and how they gauge fans and give most of the tickets of big finals to sponsors when they bash the Super League he will not have done a good job in being impartial

[@OOzd95]

Not gonna watch unless I know it is impartial. Has he covered this?

[@noc1087]

They redistribute 97% of their revenue back to the clubs. You should have a watch... lol

[@prudhviraj3528]

Not one reacted to players who complained about glorified Nations league created by UEFA in congested fixture list. Everyone is a Shark, only if it meets your agenda

[@sheltondmello8031]

Gary is a clout chasing do gooder who only does things that suits his agenda. You should know that by now

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Neville and impartiality never mixed well.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Ceferin just announced that UEFA is considering allowing clubs with the same owners to participate in the Champions League. So you could have Manchester City + all of the satellite clubs bought by City Football Group, or Manchester United + PSG if Qatar takes over the former. But then he has the cheek to talk about "sharks", even though he is just another one of them alongside Infantino and the Super League promoters.

[@Unspoken_T187]

😂😂😂 We shouldn't just say no to multi-club ownership but we have to see what rules we set because the rules have to be strict." That’s what he said so just know they are about to change something where state sponsors don’t have two clubs just watch

[@petershortland478]

Problem multiple ownership is unavoidable now because clubs need to big money

[@michaeljp9605]

Awesome interview, listening to Alexander gives me faith there is still good in the world, especially football 👏

[@TheOverlap]

Thanks for listening

[@marko6947]

clown

[@aaronbrennan110]

Love this interview. Would love Gary to interview the Qatari owners if they are to win the bid for united

[@TwistedFateism]

Gary keep on doing interviews

[@m.m7979]

Best Overlap yet

[@TheOverlap]

👏

[@Kylemulligan95]

Gary is the biggest pundit in football and this interview is proof

[@theniallofella]

Ridiculously impressive guy

[@CoherentChimp]

You're easily impressed.

[@abhipatil4844]

Good one

[@jameswormald4536]

he swerved every major question

[@gooner_duke2756]

Very interesting interview.

[@seanralph]

Fantastic interview, Ceferin is a good guy and we’re very lucky to have him

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

He's as much of a good guy as Margaret Thatcher and George W. Bush. Whom Neville would have been delighted to interview, no doubt.

[@petershortland478]

​@Pritish Appadoo u can argue Thatcher helped allow people to buy council house cheap

[@manc66]

That super league was just like the LIV golf craic that happened. Brilliant by the way.

[@liamanderson6191]

What a man he is and what he’s been through

[@modoulamindibba4625]

That’s what you called a Leader YesSir ✊🏾

[@solidsnake3446]

Where were the tough questions you mentioned at the start?

[@grom8cs]

Multi-club ownership. Might be looking too far into the future here but it scares me to think in 50 years there could be 6 clubs, 6 leagues all champions owned by 1 entity. Obviously that would be near impossible. But it makes you think... Not hard to start a super league once you own everything and everyone. But you know, the modern day world is all about money so who am I to suggest it's crazy.

[@CraigSutMusic]

Superb Interview, this should happen for all sports. Fascinating and insightful, he is an amazing man.

[@wazzafc10]

Superb interview gary.

[@realscottsummers]

Well done Gary, asked most of the questions that people would have wanted asked

[@72Reiss]

What a guy

[@jasongurney5349]

Gotta say he came across really well...

[@n7xyy]

Spoke very well. Hope football can move forward cleanly

[@CarlosCasanova9]

i cannot believe gary starts the video by saying ceferin is one of the good guys WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

[@palashrawat401]

This tells you everyone who reaches the top of the food chain (in majority) is a hypocrite. Hence, we should cherish the very few who aren't sellouts!

[@palashrawat401]

Ian Wright comes to mind. But then maybe he also has a price and hasn't been tested yet like Neville.

[@Brickhazard]

@@palashrawat401 Jamie Carragher never went to Qatar either although he did spit on a kid.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Neville is the kind of person who would talk of Jimmy Saville as a good guy if he was still alive. Maybe even interview him. The dude has got absolutely moral compass - which is fine, but then he doesn't admit that dishonesty either.

[@Ejdfj]

Football integrity is driven down the pecking order every time a new billionaire, who has no interest in football, buys a club. Venture capitalists very rarely have the true worth of the club at their hearts. It's about the football community, the fair priced tickets for fans, improving the area around the stadiums, and often those things are overlooked.

[@mwc1988]

Everybody has some much to say about Manchester City and their owners but if you look at how the east side of Manchester has been completely redeveloped, it’s night and day. The tickets aren’t ridiculously expensive when in comparison to other clubs and how much they’ve spent too. And they’ve even invested a significant amount in the women’s game and youth setups too. Overall it’s a well run club but unfortunately people don’t like to hear that because they’ve upset the applecart.

[@Ejdfj]

@mwc1988 however... the issue with city is them lying about their revenue to fund their squad, meaning they've cheated to win what they've won.

[@C33Fernandez]

Postpone is to "cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled."

[@timmoore8623]

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