Aleksander Ceferin: New-look Champions League will be ‘truly open’ competition

Aleksander Ceferin says the new-look Champions League will be a completely open competition (Nick Potts/PA)

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says the new-look Champions League will be a completely open competition despite the qualification system appearing to be weighted in favour of Europe’s top domestic leagues.

A revamped format for the 2024-25 season onwards was finally signed off by UEFA in Vienna on Tuesday, and included the allocation of an extra qualification spot to one club each from the two countries with the best collective performance records in Europe in the previous season.