Leeds United are one of the Premier League clubs that could stand to benefit after UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin reiterated his position over punishing those involved in the plans to form a breakaway European Super League.
The proposals led by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and the American owners of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool eventually failed to formalise in the wake of mass protests and a backlash from fans and pundits against the ESL.
Punishment for those involved has yet to be confirmed, as governing bodies - including the Premier League - are set to bide their time over what action to take next.
However, one alteration that is likely to be rubberstamped is the scrapping of a controversial Champions League rule.
Under proposals for expansion in that existing competition, two new places were set to be awarded to clubs who had failed to qualify - but had enjoyed historical success in the competition.
That would have come as a blow to Leeds, among other top-flight clubs, as they continue to target European football - albeit in the Europa Conference League or Europa League rather than the Champions League.
Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, Ceferin said: "Let's see. Everyone has to take consequences for what they did and we cannot pretend nothing happened. You cannot do something like that and just say; 'I've been punished because everybody hates me'.
"They don't have problems because of anyone else but themselves. It's not okay what they did and we will see in the next few days what we have to do.
"But for me, it's a clear difference between the English clubs and the other six. They pulled out first, they admitted they made a mistake. You have to have some greatness to say; 'I was wrong'.
"For me, there are three groups of this 12: the English Six, who went out first, then the other three [Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Inter] after them and then the ones who feel that Earth is flat and they think the Super League still exists. And there is a big difference between those.
"But everyone will be held responsible. In what way, we will see. I don't want to say disciplinary process but it has to be clear that everyone has to be held responsible in a different way.
"Is it disciplinary? Is it the decision of the executive committee? We will see. It’s too early to say."
