The English Football Association (FA) has suspended the plans of Welsh clubs in the English Football League to join the amending Welsh League Cup next season.
This step will be a blow to the hopes of Rexham, Swansea City, Cardiff City and Nioport County in obtaining a place in the European Football Conference League.
Sources confirmed to ESPN that Rexham was behind the new Welsh League Cup plans, but their support was conditional on the competition for the blessing of the English Football Association.
The Football Association’s plans (FAW) witnessed the joining of the four clubs playing in the Premier League to 12 teams from JD Cymru Premier to compete for the Welsh League Cup.
The winner will get a place in the Conference League.
However, the plans were conditional on the approval of the FA to the new championship.
In a statement issued by the FA, the FA said that there are concerns “regarding the integrity of the competition, the crowding of matches, the well -being of the players, and the influence on the position of the current competitions.”
“The FA Board of Directors rejected the request.”
The FA added: “It has been noted that it is open to Welsh clubs to choose whether they will participate in the English or Welsh system or not based on its own evaluation of the relative benefits to participate in each system, but if she chooses to participate, in the English system they must do this on the same basis. What is followed by English clubs participating in this system.
These plans were announced by Faw earlier in January, which hopes that the re -launched competition will make unexpected profits of 3 million pounds ($ 3.6 million) in the club’s match, while the winner of the competition also offers a way to qualifying qualifying rounds . European Clubs Competition.
“This will change the rules of the game for the development of the game, as we are working to launch the full potential of Welsh football,” said Noel Moni, CEO of the Welsh Football Association, at that time.
He added: “Welsh football will unite, improve the game at all levels, and provide significant societal benefits throughout Wales, which makes our clubs and societies more sustainable.”
FAW is the main cornerstone competition in the FAW CYMRU project, as they seek to improve their UEFA coefficient, thus obtaining a greater share of UEFA’s financial distributions.