1.   Most countries use the Olympics as a springboard for the World Cup and high-level club competition.

2.   The highest level of club competition in the world is in the top European leagues -- because they pay the highest salaries, and therefore attract the best players.

3.   The U.K. soccer club beat Steaua Bucharest to advance to the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup, a European club competition, which could boost sales of tickets.

4.   And the club competitions have so many teams that their early rounds have to start well before the domestic leagues start.

5.   Blatter insisted the two-year concept would protect national teams, above all in continents with smaller club competitions than Europe.

6.   But all three have contracts with their clubs, which are in European club competitions.

7.   Celtic operations director George Douglas said the club was delighted with the draw, despite never beating a Spanish side in European club competition.

8.   Ending that rule could shake up European clubs competitions, UEFA argues, and enable rich clubs to monopolize all the best players.

9.   European clubs competitions would become too unbalanced, UEFA argues adding it would result in rich clubs buying all the best players.

10.   Faced with the threat of a breakaway independent Super League, European governing body UEFA has moved to revamp its club competitions.