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UEFA's Champions League changes forced by big clubs who wasted a decade of growth

Very soon -- most likely in late April -- UEFA will confirm changes to the Champions League, both in terms of format and access. Those reforms -- which will kick in from 2024 -- will be heavily tilted in favour of already wealthy teams in already wealthy leagues, much like most of the changes we've seen since the creation of the competition in 1992.

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It will be presented as UEFA having no choice but picking the lesser of two evils.