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'We will not be blackmailed' - UEFA chief Ceferin warns Europe's elite

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The head of football on the continent has said that they governing body will not be held to ransom by top clubs

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin insists the governing body will not give into "blackmail" from any of Europe's top clubs looking to form a breakaway Super League.

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Some of the continent's superpowers discussed the proposal in February last year, before UEFA announced changes to be made to the Champions League, with Europe's bigger leagues allocated more slots.

Those alterations will come into effect from 2018-19 but, speaking at the UEFA Congress in Helsinki on Wednesday, Ceferin said his governing body will not allow Europe's more prominent leagues to use their greater financial might to bully their smaller counterparts and further their own causes.