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Clubs and Leagues warn of “devastating effect” of UEFA’s Competition Reform

Alamy | I can’t buy into that point of view that we should be grateful because it’s ‘only an extra 100 games’…“Where does it end?”, says Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish. He shared his views at an online forum hosted by the European Leagues representative body on Wednesday. It was attended by more than 300 clubs and league representatives, delegates who expressed wide-ranging concerns about the proposals to alter the shape of European club competitions from 2024.

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10 March 2021 - 2:15 PM

By James Corbett, Senior Correspondent

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