Europe's leagues have told UEFA to scale back its plans to add more Champions League matches in the future. They've also asked them to continue to prevent teams from qualifying based on their historical performances in the competition. The leagues' opposition to the changes could have a major impact on Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham depending on who qualifies for the competition next season.
For years Premier League teams have become accustomed to the current qualification model which rewards teams accordingly for their league finish. Generally, first, second, third and fourth are handed an automatic place into a 32-team Champions League-proper but, under a potential new model, that could all change. From 2024/25, UEFA will increase the number of competing sides in the Champions league-proper to 32 to 36.
The competition plans to use the so-called 'Swiss-model' which involves every team playing in a single league instead of a standard the group stage, with a guarantee of at least 10 games apiece. Two of the four new spots up for grabs will be handed to teams with the best historical performance who finished outside the Champions League spots in their domestic league the previous season.
