Paris Will Host This Year's Champions League Final

The final this year will be held on May 28th and was originally meant to be played at Zenit St Peterburg's home ground, the Gazprom Arena.

On Friday an extraordinary meeting of UEFA's executive committee decided that France's national stadium would instead host the final.

It is the first time since 2006 that the country has hosted the final, when it was the same venue, in which Barcelona beat Arsenal, to become European champions for only the second time.

UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, travelled to Paris on Thursday to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron to talk about the move to the Stade de France.

However, a clash of dates was not the only problem, the report claims that UEFA were worried about the game being used for political gain by the British government.

England will not have to wait too long to host the Champions League final again, having done it most recently in 2013, as Wembley is already set to host in 2024.

It is the third time in-a-row that the final has had to change hosts, after the previous two years were affected by Covid and were moved to Portugal.

Turkey's Ataturk Stadium was due to host last year and is in line to hold the final next year, it seems unlikely that Russia will be allowed to take that spot.