Premier League: 20 clubs raise "concerns regarding proposals for changing club competitions"

"All 20 Premier League clubs today (05/04/2019) discussed their significant concerns regarding reported proposals for changing the format and qualification criteria for UEFA club competitions from season 2024-25," said the Premier League on 05/04/2019.

"All clubs unanimously agreed it is inappropriate for European football bodies to create plans that would alter the structures, calendar and competitiveness of the domestic game and will work together to protect the Premier League," added English professional league.

An "informal brainstorming session to exchange views and ideas around UEFA club competitions post-2024" took place between the UEFA Executive Committee and ECA Executive Board at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon (SUI) on 19/03/2019. On the eve of the UEFA - ECA meeting, the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal had announced that top European clubs were "due to hold a secret meeting with UEFA to discuss potentially radical changes to the format of the Champions League" with a "relegation system (four promotions and four relegations) and moving games to weekends (from…