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Basically Real Madrid are threatening "war" against UEFA unless they can field their new signings against Liverpool in the Champions League.

Liverpool officials in Madrid also. News item to follow.

KOPTALK understands that Liverpool Football Club officials have been in Spain to meet their Real Madrid counterparts and a delegation from UEFA.

A meeting was held at the Bernabéu in relation to Real Madrid's attempts to obtain approval from UEFA to field their new signings Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarrà in the next stage of the Champions League.

The Spanish giants are trying to bend a ruling in Article 17.18 which prevents the registration of more than one player who has previously played in the UEFA Cup with one team to feature in the Champions League with another club.

UEFA president Michel Platini has told Real president Ramón Calderón that the rules cannot be changed because of Real's blunder and the club are now appealing. If they lose their appeal they have told UEFA that they will launch a "war" with the organisation and take the matter to the courts.

Liverpool were present at the meeting but are so far refusing to comment publicly on their feelings. According to sources here, the Reds were in attendance to "ensure transparency".

Let them play both Diarra and Huntelar in the champions league... Anyway, they won't go further than the forthcoming knockout stages...

They can field who they want but they still won't win

if it was the other way round madrid would be doing everything possible to block us from playing our new signings so i have no sympathy for them - the way they spend all their time tapping up other team's players etc and avoiding punishment i would like to see them told to shove it and not be allowed

but on the other hand i don't want them having that as motivation to play better against us so would prefer if both were allowed to play.....

Nah dont let them play. The rules are the rules and Real Madrid are not above the rules. Sick to death of the way Real run their business and we need to show them we're not push overs off the pitch before they start unsettling our players in the way they do to everybody.

Cant see this giving extra motivation to anyone myself.

sounds like their scared

actually that will mess them up more

For God's sake! Why is there even discussion? Just stick to the rules (which were in place before they dipped into the transfer market). What other rules do they want to be exempt from? The off side rule?

Let them play shouldn't make any difference we should be to strong for them any way