UEFA strip iconic stadium of Champions League final with new hosts to be confirmed

The San Siro successful Milan was owed to big the Champions League last successful 2027 - but volition present beryllium offered to caller venues aft failing to marque guarantees to European football's governing body

UEFA volition reopen the bidding to big the 2027 men’s Champions League last aft the lucifer was taken distant from Milan.

European football’s governing assemblage has gone backmost to the drafting committee aft authorities successful the Italian metropolis could not connection guarantees that refurbishment enactment astatine San Siro stadium and the surrounding country would not impact the match.

UEFA indicated successful May that a determination connected the 2027 last big was being postponed, taxable to UEFA receiving the indispensable guarantees astir the San Siro refurbishment.

A determination connected a caller big is present expected successful May oregon June adjacent year, UEFA said: "As the Municipality of Milano could not warrant that the San Siro stadium and its surroundings would not beryllium affected by refurbishment works successful the play of the 2027 UEFA Champions League final, it was decided not to delegate the last to Milan and to re-open the bidding process to name a suitable venue, with a determination expected successful May/June 2025."

Agreement has besides been reached implicit UEFA’s solidarity funding, with Premier League clubs extracurricular of European contention receiving a smaller portion implicit the adjacent 3 seasons than nether the erstwhile agreement.

England’s apical formation – on with La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga – person agreed to person their solidarity payments capped astatine 10million euros (£8.3m) each per play up to and including 2026-27.

This is an summation of 1.5m euros connected the erstwhile cycle, but determination is overmuch much wealth to spell astir this clip – 308m euros (£256.3m) compared to 177.2m euros (£147.4m).

The higher magnitude is simply a effect of an summation successful the percent allocated to non-participating clubs successful this rhythm – up from 4 per cent to 7 per cent – and the higher projected wide gross compared to the erstwhile three-year period.

In effect it means the wide stock of solidarity wealth being taken by the ‘Big Five’ leagues is dropping from 24 per cent to 16 per cent.

The cardinal purpose of the solidarity payments is to effort to enactment competitory equilibrium wrong home leagues and forestall it becoming distorted by the wealth UEFA pays to clubs who are progressive successful continental competition.

The headdress connected the large leagues is designation of their greater earning powerfulness from home tv revenue, and that problems of competitory equilibrium are astir acute successful the leagues extracurricular Europe’s large five.

The organisation statement was signed disconnected by UEFA’s enforcement committee astatine a gathering successful Prague connected Tuesday, pursuing collaboration with European Leagues and the European Club Association.

Of the remaining 258m euros (£214.7m) successful the solidarity pot, 70 per cent volition beryllium divided up based connected a country’s presumption connected UEFA’s nine contention entree list, with 30 per cent proportional to the amounts received by the apical earning nine successful each country.

UEFA said the funding, which is handed to nationalist associations successful the archetypal instance, could beryllium cascaded down to second-tier clubs, but lone with the statement of top-division clubs.

The solidarity wealth is to beryllium utilized to “strengthen clubs’ structures and governance standards, thereby enhancing the steadfast improvement of European nine football”, UEFA said.

Clubs indispensable fulfil definite licensing conditions, including astir the grooming of younker players, to beryllium eligible to person funding.

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