The new chairman of the European Club Association, ECA, Italy's Andrea Agnelli forsees peace for the Champions League and scheduling changes. ( Salvatore Di Nolfi / AP )GENEVA—The new leader of Europe’s top soccer clubs foresees peace for the Champions League and potential big changes to national team schedules. Elected Tuesday to chair the 220-member European Club Association, Juventus president Andrea Agnelli gave a vision for soccer’s future working closely with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin. “As it stands, the format of the FIFA Club World Cup is useless,” he said. Agnelli insisted those entries must be earned on merit through “the best competition in the world, the Champions League” and not via invitations.

Source: thestar September 05, 2017 15:22 UTC