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'Self-serving' Super League opens unprecedented conflict in European football
•They plan to leave the UEFA-sanctioned Champions League and start their new tournament "as soon as possible", with plans for three more founding members to join and five other clubs to be invited annually.

European Super League: Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, supporters unions react to announcement
•We take a look at some of the reaction to the news of breakaway European Super League by 12 of the biggest clubs.

Twelve clubs announce launch of disputed European Super League, accused of 'greed'
•Six Premier League teams - Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham - are involved, alongside Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan.

UEFA threatens to ban football clubs who take part in breakaway European Super League
•UEFA is planning to announce its reforms to the Champions League on Monday, with an expansion to 36 teams from 32 and two 'wildcard' slots expected to be among the plans.

European football split as elite clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United threaten breakaway league
•The Premier League wrote to clubs on Sunday saying its rules prevent clubs joining competitions without its approval and urging them to distance themselves from any Super League.

UEFA set to announce Champions League reforms and decide on Euro 2020 hosts
•UEFA confirmed on Friday that the reforms were at the top of the agenda for the meeting in the Swiss town of Montreux, on the eastern shore of Lake Geneva.

Champions League: Fan groups accuse clubs of 'power grab' over tournament reform plans
•The proposals on the table would lead to a complete overhaul of how the group stage of Europe's premier club competition works from 2024.

From Swiss System at group stage to more matches, here's what reformed UEFA Champions League will look like
•Plans for what the reformed version of the Champions League — supposed to stave off the threat of a breakaway Super League — will look like are already an open secret. This is how things are set to change:

European clubs target global fans with radical Champions League expansion plan
•A UEFA-led proposal to change its clubs competitions in 2024 — abolishing traditional four-team groups and adding 100 Champions League games in a 36-team format — was being presented to more than 200 European Club Association members

Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert slams 'cash-burning' European clubs for chasing Super League
•UEFA is pursuing an expanded 36-team format that gives more guaranteed games and revenue that elite clubs have demanded, while also retaining a path to qualifying for teams from all of Europe's top-tier leagues


