UEFA postpones Champions League talks as clubs, leagues row

Changes to the Champions League are unlikely to be decided this year after UEFA on Thursday called off joint talks with the heads of European clubs and leagues who have spent months arguing over a potential radical overhaul of the formats of European competitions.

European Club Association chairman Andrea Agnelli, who has been criticized for championing a largely closed Champions League, and European Leagues president Lars-Christer Olsson were due to jointly meet UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin on Sept. 11.

"I have decided to postpone the meeting," Ceferin wrote to Agnelli and Olsson in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

"I will send a new invitation as soon as I think that we are ready for a meaningful discussion."
"We are currently in the process of gathering feedback from our national associations," Ceferin wrote, "and I feel more generally that a new discussion now would be premature as we are analyzing feedback and proposals coming from different parties."
"We do not, in any case, expect to make a decision this year."