As it informed 'RMC Sport', the UEFA will present this Friday a project of reform, still for studying, of what would be lto new Champions League foreseen to execute from 2024, course where finalise the current agreements. In front of the naciente worry by the Superliga European, and that seemingly a lot of clubs already are working in her and that in all the stages aim to that it do not begin before this same year, the maximum organism of the European football will not remain backwards and will try to convince to the big institutions with a new format more attractive.
The idea roots in presenting this same Friday to the distinct leagues, the most significant changes that are studying , between which stand out to expand the competition of 32 teams to 36, reducing like this the number of groups to six and expanding the teams in each one of them until a total of six. Likewise, implement a system of help for the historical clubs, in addition to the possibility to increase the quantity of teams that can participate by league, extending them until six contingents, as long as they fulfil some criteria, as for example that the champion of the Europe League play in this league or the historical clubs do not classify to the competition.
6 participants in 6 groups
With the application of the new format, the UEFA looks for to expand the number of parties that will contest to arrive to the phase of elimination. In total the teams would contest 10 commitments. To be of this way, would have to put of agreement the federations, leagues and the same Champions to put to disposal date available and even, reduce the eliminatory or do that the teams that contest European competitions begin the tournament of the Glass in rounds more advanced. Even, it has posed the reduction of teams in the national competitions, happening of the 20 current in many of them to 18, as already sucede in France, Germany and Holland, for example. This same point also has been put on the table in the discussion on the Superliga.
Protection for the historical clubs
In spite of that still desconoce the strategy of the UEFA to execute this point, the intention is to protect to the historical "teams" in case that they do not attain to classify to Champions League. In this section is where applies the possibility that a league contribute 6 clubs in the next competition europeto. This norm was created with the end to try convince to the big clubs of the continent of not continuing with the project of the new Superliga European, ensuring them the participation and increasing besides the income and rewards of said clubs.