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Europe’s leading clubs were meeting on Friday to thrash out their position on reforms and the financial structure of UEFA’s Champions League as fan groups criticised them for “crisis profiteering” in supporting plans to expand the competition to 36 teams.
The European Club Association (ECA) was holding a board meeting, with UEFA’s Clubs Competitions Committee due to meet later.
UEFA’s ruling executive committee meets on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s congress where President Aleksander Ceferin hopes to have his plans voted through.
The ECA has been supportive of UEFA’s plans to expand the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams and change the group stage to a single-table format with 10 games instead of the current six. However the top clubs have made a late push for greater control over the business, finances and running of the competition which they want to be tied in to support for the new-look competition.
The UEFA plan has been produced against the backdrop of reports of a proposed breakaway Super League, run by the top clubs without the governing body involved.
Europe’s leading clubs were meeting on Friday to thrash out their position on reforms and the financial structure of UEFA’s Champions League as fan groups criticised them for “crisis profiteering” in supporting plans to expand the competition to 36 teams.
The European Club Association (ECA) was holding a board meeting, with UEFA’s Clubs Competitions Committee due to meet later.
UEFA’s ruling executive committee meets on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s congress where President Aleksander Ceferin hopes to have his plans voted through.
The ECA has been supportive of UEFA’s plans to expand the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams and change the group stage to a single-table format with 10 games instead of the current six. However the top clubs have made a late push for greater control over the business, finances and running of the competition which they want to be tied in to support for the new-look competition.
The UEFA plan has been produced against the backdrop of reports of a proposed breakaway Super League, run by the top clubs without the governing body involved.
