Bleacher Report · Mar 24, 2016
UEFA Reportedly 'Ready to Accept' Champions League Overhaul Proposal
UEFA is reportedly open to a major overhaul of the Champions League format designed to favour Europe's biggest teams.According to Chris Wheeler in the Daily Mail, European football's governing body "know the Champions League is not thriving" and is willing to accept a format that would see the continent's major clubs play against each other more regularly.
The potential plans on the table reportedly include a preliminary knockout phase "followed by a 16-team group-stage split into two divisions of eight, playing 14 games home and away," a format which could be installed as early as the 2018-19 season.
The Times' Martyn Ziegler provided a pithy summary of the plan: