FC Bayern Forum

Nice, so now we may have the chance to eliminate Manchester United and Sir "typical Germans" Ferguson all over again?

Won't happen. At most Bayern would get a walkover, but it won't get to that stage either. You do realize that even if they do automatically place Man Utd against Bayern, they would still have to hold the Europa League draw all over again.

It definitely won't happen... There is no way to undo Swiss teams' presence in European stages right now....
If there is going to be a ban for them, which I doubt, it will be implied on from next season... It doesn't make sense to give Bayern a disadvantage and ManU an advantage just because a Swiss side (and not Basel) did something supposedly wrong!

dambun wrote:It definitely won't happen... There is no way to undo Swiss teams' presence in European stages right now....
If there is going to be a ban for them, which I doubt, it will be implied on from next season... It doesn't make sense to give Bayern a disadvantage and ManU an advantage just because a Swiss side (and not Basel) did something supposedly wrong!

Exactly. I'm not sure about the details of what Sion supposedly did, but I heard that this questionable behaviour took place in 2008...

Still, I'd welcome the opportunity to face Man Utd. I don't believe that they were knocked out by coincidence, but rather because their team has been weakening over the years. I don't fear them at all, although of course I'd rather play Basel.

I have written a blog article about the Basel/Man Utd/Sion situation here: blog/confusion-regarding-fc-bayerns-next-champions-league-opponents

You may continue discussing this subject in the comments for the blog article, as this thread is getting off-topic.