FIBA wants Euroleague to reserve a spot for Basketball Champions League winner

In an interview with Eurohoops, Kamil Novak, secretary general of FIBA, said that the discussions with Euroleague about the future of European competitions are still ongoing and that they'd love to see more cooperation from Euroleague side:

"Unfortunately in this case for a long time many rumors circulated and many lies. FIBA had and retains a very clear attitude toward Euroleague. We are negotiating with them, we have submitted our proposals and, as you know, we were very close to reaching an agreement which was torpedoed by the other side. In our last contact, we proposed to Euroleague to keep their competition and give us the second tier, but they wanted 40 teams and two competitions. We can make concenssions but not that. The ECA has a monopoly in the organization of the Euroleague, but our demand to ensure equal treatment between the Champions League and the Eurocup is reasonable and fair. We will be glad if they accept to give to the Champions League winner a spot in the Euroleague”.