Shakhtar Director General Sergey Palkin commented on the Arsenal initiative to expand the UPL.

"The main question is that there should be certain criteria, why should we extend the league to 16 teams. The criteria are very simple: it is a sports result, infrastructure, profitability, the opinion of Broadcasters about this situation.. Just to expand the league, based on the letter from Arsenal, which wants 16 clubs to return, is just an unprofessional approach.. This should be taken very seriously. ".

"The Premier League should be responsible for these decisions, because it leads the Higher League. What will be next is her full responsibility, so she must be the initiator of any decisions that are made ".

"To my question to Arsenal, who initiated the letter to the Premier League, I was told that Grozny had asked to do this. This is a serious question. If you feel that we are ready for the transition to 16 clubs, then show the criteria why we should take this step.. From the outside it looks like it's a political game..

Someone someone promised something, so everyone rushed to do it ".

"Once again, this process must be approached very seriously, because with this decision today we will destroy the Major League and the First League. We just blur these concepts - the whole of Europe will laugh, "said Sergey Palkin.

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