Chelsea are finally expected to be admitted to football's G14 group
under radical plans to expand the elite organisation from 18 to 45
clubs.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United are the Premier League's
only members, but G14 president Jean-Michel Aulas is determined to
make it a more inclusive organisation.
Chelsea are the richest club in Europe not part of the group and
manager Jose Mourinho has claimed their absence puts the Blues at a
disadvantage.
Details of the expansion plan will be discussed today when
representatives of the G14 clubs gather for the group's general
assembly in Brussels.
New members are not only expected from strongholds of England,
Spain, Italy and Germany, but also from Russia, Turkey and even
some non-European countries.
After Chelsea lost to Barcelona in 2006, Mourinho said: "Maybe we
have a chance of Champions League success if the G14 becomes G15
and we go where the power is."
