Manchester City or Inter Milan will enter next season’s Champions League as reigning champions but it is set to be the final campaign of the competition as we know it.
From 2024-25 UEFA’s new “Swiss“ format will be introduced and the planned alterations have already divided opinion.
It will mean more games for players already nearing breaking point but the governing body, who signed off on the proposals at a meeting in Vienna last season, forecasts that it will lead to the competition’s revenue being boosted by 33 per cent.
