The major Champions League rule changes that will impact Manchester United and Man City

Huge changes are set be made to the way the Champions League is formed from 2024 onwards.

Last year, at a similar time to when the European Super League fiasco was announced, UEFA unveiled plans for the Champions League to be made up of 36 clubs from the 2024/25 season onwards. Currently, 32 teams make up the competition and it is a format that has worked so well for numerous years.

However, the changes are expected to be ratified at a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in just a few weeks' time on May 10. Should they get the seal of approval they are expected to, the number of group stage matches in the competition for each club will increase from six to ten.

As well as that, the changes will mean that two qualification spots will be reserved for clubs to feature in the competition based on their historic European performance, opposed to qualifying as a result of their domestic achievements. For example, an English club, such as Liverpool, may be granted entry to the competition even if they fail to finish inside the Premier League's top-four.

The impending changes have been heavily criticised by a large number of football supporters across the continent and a Premier League supporters' group has accused UEFA of attempting to return to the "discredited idea of a European Super League," which famously collapsed in a matter of hours 12 months ago.

A statement released by the FSA Premier League Network said: "We are united in opposition to proposals to reform the Champions League that are a back door attempt at a return to the discredited idea of a European Super League. Last year, it was our supporter groups that united to force the collapse of the European Super League.

"At the time, UEFA told us that fans were the heart