European Cups reform: "The project has been abandoned, some are still hopeful" (B. Caïazzo)

"With regard to the reform of European competitions (from 2024-25), there are now two camps: on the one hand, all those who think that the project has been abandoned, that it needs to be reworked and that we will talk about it again at the earliest in late 2020 and on the other hand, some ECA leaders who are still hopeful," said Bernard Caïazzo, president of Première League, during a press lunch on 03/09/2019.

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. The 32 Champions League clubs could, from 2024-25, be divided into four groups of eight teams (instead of eight groups of four), with 14 guaranteed matches and the assurance that the top five in each group (20 clubs) will participate in the next edition, regardless of their national league results. The sixth and seventh of each group would play in play-offs for four places in the following Champions League, according to L'Équipe on 09/04/2019. In…