A meeting to thrash out the future structure of the Champions League has been postponed.

The Premier League's 20 clubs say they will "vigorously defend" the domestic game against any plans to alter it.

Major reforms of football have moved a step closer after European sports ministers agreed to a raft of proposals including controls on how much clubs can pay for players’ wages and transfers.

Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale has warned of "potential disaster" for small clubs if the row between football's world and European governing bodies means the current transfer system cannot be saved.