UEFA Reportedly Consider Champions League Spots for ‘Historical Achievements’

UEFA are reportedly considering making major changes to the current qualification criteria of the Champions League in order to appease those calling for a European Super League.  

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (via the Sun’s Andrew Richardson), the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga could all be guaranteed four tournament spots from the 2018-19 season with three allocated by league position and the fourth chosen based on “historical achievements.”

Thus the top three teams from Europe’s four-best leagues would qualify, and the final spot would allow for the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Juventus to almost always be present even if they have an off season. 

Richardson added that the French, Portuguese and Russian leagues would all have two secure places while “four or five” would go to Ukraine, Belgium, Holland, Turkey and Switzerland, and “there would then be five or six places for the 50 or so clubs that would compete in the play-offs.”

The tournament would remain in the same format as it currently exists—with eight groups of four sides being whittled down for a knockout stage—but there would …

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