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Champions League final between Man City, Chelsea moved to Porto

The 2021 men's Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea due to take place on May 29 has been moved to FC Porto's Estadio Dragao. It was due to be held in the Turkish city of Istanbul but people in the UK are not allowed to fly to Turkey due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Sources had told ESPN on Saturday that UEFA were in talks with UK government about moving the final to England. However the UK government would not to grant quarantine exemption to approximately 2,000 UEFA staff, broadcasters, sponsorship partnerrs.