Official : UEFA announce new Champions League plan which could benefit Manchester United and Chelsea .

 UEFA have scrapped their controversial

 proposals for Champions League 

qualification, but have announced a 

new plan which could still benefit

 Premier League clubs.



European football’s governing body


 had looked set to implement new plans


 to reward two teams with places in 


the Champions League based on their 


10-year coefficient. Proposals had also


 been tabled to extend the group stage


 to 10 matches, rather than the current six.




The plans were met with disdain from 


across Europe, with many supporters seeing


 it as akin to the failed European Super 


League last year in helping the continent’s


 biggest clubs ensure they get their seats


 at the top table. The European Clubs 


Association met in Madrid on Monday


 to discuss the proposals to expand


 the competition.



UEFA though have now confirmed the


 “Swiss system” will not be utilised 


from the start of the 2024/25 season following


 fresh talks with the ECA. A statement 


also confirmed plans to extend the group


 stage to 10 games have been shelved


, with teams set to play eight instead.



Plans to expand the Champions League


 to 36 teams though will go ahead, despite


 concerns around fixture congestion. 


UEFA have outlined how the four 


additional places will be distributed, 


with two places being awarded to the 


associations with the “best collective 


performance by their clubs in the previous


 season”, with each association earning 


one place for the club best ranked 


in the domestic league behind the Champions


 League positions.



Based on the current season, England


 and the Netherlands would be the two 


associations granted the additional places


. That could have been good news 


for Manchester United, as it would 


have meant they would only need to finish


 fifth in order to qualify for the Champions


 League next season.



The two remaining spots in the competition


 will go to the club ranked third in the league


 of the association in fifth position in the


 UEFA national association ranking, as 


well as another domestic champion, 


with the so-called “champions path” being


 extended from four to five clubs.



UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin 


said: “UEFA has clearly shown today 


that we are fully committed to respecting


 the fundamental values of sport and 


to defending the key principle of open 


competitions, with qualification based


 on sporting merit, fully in line with the


 values and solidarity-based European


 sports model.



“Today’s decisions conclude an extensive


 consultation process during which 


we listened to the ideas of fans, players


, coaches, national associations, clubs 


and leagues to name but a few, with the


 aim to find the best solution for the 


development and success of European


 football, both domestically and on 


the international club stage."

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