The proposal proposes to abolish the group stage and to introduce a format that will create 100 extra parties
UEFA could agree to changes to the Champions League format next week and the participation of 36 teams, according to one of the members of the executive committee.
Lars-Christer Olsson, who represents European national competitions in UEFA’s rules committee, said that There may be a meeting on Wednesday if there is a proposal that can be approved
The UEFA club competition committee could agree on Tuesday a reasonably accepted proposal considering the abolition of the group stage
UEFA and the leaders of the main European clubs agree to include four teams and that 36 clubs will play a competition of all against all. according to the “Swiss model” used in chess tournaments.
There are differences in the allocation of extra seats, the number of games each team will play and the distribution of money.
The Association of European Clubs wants two places to be reserved for teams that do not qualify but they are high on the UEFA rankings for results in previous seasons. There are those who say this is just a way to include big teams that didn’t qualify.
Clubs want to compete against ten different opponents in a format that yields 100 extra games
The European leagues, which consist of 30 countries, propose to reserve three places for national champions of countries in the middle of their classification and that each team plays eight games.
The clubs proposal has the best chance of success.
“We have to be honest and say that the clubs have had more influence (on UEFA) than we have,” said Olsson.