UEFA could be SUED for using new 'league phase' format for revamped Champions League

UEFA face a legal challenge over the revamped Champions League format.

UEFA face a legal battle after introducing the new 'league phase' format in the revamped Champions League .

The teams will be ranked in one big 36-team table, with the top eight sides automatically qualifying for the round of 16. Now, Chilean sports consultant Leandro Shara has threatened to sue UEFA for the “unauthorised and unfair use” of the league phase format which he claims to have invented. Shara alleges that he “presented the format to UEFA over a dozen times since 2013”, and presented the idea at several sports conferences. He says that he worked with football authorities in Chile and Peru on competitions that have used the format.Shara has sent a cease-and-desist notices to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, secretary general Theodore Theodoridis and six other senior members of staff.

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