La Liga President Javier Tebas Wants UEFA to Change Champions League Model

• Javier Tebas wants a new Champions League model that pits league champions against one another
• He said the current format had created a financial imbalance and downgraded the values of leagues
• The current format sees teams divided into eight groups of four, with teams playing home and away

La Liga president, Javier Tebas has urged UEFA to urgently change the format of the Champions League to resurrect the value of the national leagues across Europe.

The current format sees 32 teams qualify for the group stages of the competition, with four teams per group playing in a home and away format for six games.

According to Football Espana, Tebas has now kicked up against some countries getting multiple slots for the Champions League, as he urged the European body to revert to the old model.

“There is a new Champions League model in 2024, but work should start on another type of model, a model that appeals more to the origins of a European tournament of national champions, with champions from all corners of Europe. I represent La Liga, but a fourth Spanish club is not an improvement for the Champions League.”

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La Liga clubs have won the most Champions League trophies in the competition’s history, with Real Madrid having won the tournament 14 times.

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Meanwhile, under UEFA-approved changes, the number of teams in the Champions League group stage will increase from 32 to 36 in the 2024-25 football season, the BBC reports.

President of the football body, Aleksander Ceferin said the new format had been approved unanimously, with the agreement of Europe's league bodies and national associations.

Under the new format coming in the next term, each team that qualifies for the UEFA Champions League group stages would instead play eight games over 10 matchweeks.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported on Tebas taking aim at the EPL, sensationally claiming the competition is not a financially sustainable model.

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The La Liga chief has cut a controversial figure in European football, continually criticising Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain over funding.

Tebas's criticism of the Premier League appeared to stem from last summer's spend by clubs from the world's most marketable football league.