UEFA to wait and see on any Red Bull teams' Champions League ban


  • Football
  • Thursday, 23 Feb 2017

(Reuters) - UEFA said any potential Champions League ban for RasenBallsport Leipzig or Red Bull Salzburg for having the same owner is "hypothetical" until the qualifying places have been decided at the end of the season.

Austrian daily Salzburg Nachrichten reported on Wednesday that European football's governing body UEFA had offered a "early signals" that one of the two clubs - both owned by Austrian energy drink giant Red Bull - would be prevented from playing in the Champions League, should both qualify.

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