Geneva — Europe’s biggest clubs do not want any more changes to the Champions League in the next few years, they said on Tuesday, promising to avoid a repetition of the "soap opera" that surrounded the 2016 competition. In 2016 Uefa announced significant changes to the competition for the 2018-21 cycle, rearranging the group stage slots in favour of the four top-ranked leagues — in effect Spain, England, Germany and Italy — at the expense of smaller ones. The decision came amid reports that the biggest clubs had held talks over the creation of a "Super League" if they did not get their way and was criticised by some of Europe’s smaller leagues who said they had not been consulted. Andrea Agnelli, who was appointed chairman of the European Club Association on Tuesday after Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had stepped aside, said he did not envisage further changes for the 2021-24 cycle. "I am comfortable in stating that the majority is in favour of the Champions League as it is, and also for th...
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