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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45483586
A third European club competition could be introduced alongside the Champions League and Europa League from 2021, according to the head of the association of Europe’s biggest teams.
European Club Association (ECA) chairman Andrea Agnelli, who is also on Uefa’s executive committee, said the “the green light has been given”.
He did not give any more details on how the tournament would be organised.
“The current model needs modernising,” said Agnelli, 42.
Agnelli, who is also chairman of Italian champions Juventus, said: “A detailed assessment of the existing international match calendar is required prior to presenting a new model post-2024.”
Speaking at the annual general assembly of the ECA in Croatia, he said the third competition would increase the number of clubs involved in European football from 80 to 96.
The Champions League features 32 teams in the group stage and the second-tier Europa League has 48.
The Cup Winners’ Cup – for domestic cup champions – was scrapped in 1999.
In a statement, Uefa said it is “constantly reviewing the format of its competitions and is looking at a variety of options”.
Make the Champions League exactly that. The Champions from the top 8 leagues in Europe play one another twice in a league format. Only 1 extra game than they play now so scheduling should be fine.
The Champions of the other leagues and cup winners from all leagues go into the Cup Winners cup in a group/knockout format.
Everyone else (ie your 2nd, 3rd, 4th teams) into the Europa League as it is now.
Another money making scheme from Uefa?
Clubs are already complaining about too much football being played but you can bet the lesser clubs will sign up to this just for the money.
Doubt they’ll change the format of the CL Egg as they’ll want as many of the BIG clubs they can in their prestige tournament.
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