Premier League clubs band together to reject Champions League reform proposals

Champions League

UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA) are considering drastic alterations to the structure of the competition, including a switch from eight groups of four to four groups of eight, which would see each club play 14 fixtures rather than six.

Another change would see teams qualify on historical merit rather than by league position, eliminating the reward for finishing in the Premier League's top four.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.