Eyebrows were raised when UEFA unveiled their new formats for their Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League competitions. The ‘Swiss Model’, which from this season has seen the group stage scrapped for a league system, has represented a massive change to the status quo which some still aren’t sure about.
Others love it, however, praising a model which sees teams play certain teams at home and others away, without return legs. Among those is Owen Hargreaves, who won the Champions League twice as a player, with Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
