Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward appears to have given his backing to a number of proposed Champions League changes.
The revamp is being pushed by both UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA), and would see 24 spots in the 32-team tournament guaranteed to top clubs regardless of their domestic finish.
That would benefit the Premier League’s established top-six but a format involving promotion and relegation could lead to problems further down the line.
As it stand, Liverpool would be one of the clubs guaranteed entry to the Champions League.
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On top of that, a proposal would see the format split into four groups of eight teams, allowing for more fixtures, more revenue and a more difficult fixture schedule - especially as UEFA is also keen to move matches to the weekend.
Those proposed changes are proving to be controversial but Woodward seems keen on the major rejuvenation of UEFA’s elite competitions.
"This is partly driven by domestic leagues across Europe not necessarily thriving and there being a desire from the clubs that are toward the top of those leagues to play more European games, which perhaps are more competitive," Woodward told investors.
"I think there is drive from UEFA, which is laudable, which is to try to give greater access to more teams, so if you look at the year just about to finish, 80 teams competed in the two competitions and the proposal for 24 is 128 teams so a greater than 50 per cent increase in the number of teams playing in Europe.
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"There are other factors as well, from our perspective we view these proposals as interesting but there's a lot of work to do with stakeholders to assess this. We're doing that ourselves together with our colleagues in the Premier League and the ECA.
"From a timeline perspective we can expect to hear more and more feedback on progress around this through 2019 and so therefore maybe clarity and somewhere around from six to nine months from now."
