A EUROPEAN Super League must not be allowed to happen and the gap between rich clubs and the rest must stop growing, UEFA presidential candidates Aleksander Ceferin said Tuesday.

    Ceferin, a Slovenian lawyer who faces Dutchman Michael van Praag in the vote, said small clubs had been overlooked in the recent negotiations, which led to major changes to UEFA’s flagship competition.

    UEFA last month announced changes to its flagship Champions League competition, opening up more places to teams from Spain, England, Germany and Italy and cutting those allocated to the rest. It also increased suspicion that the big clubs ultimately wanted to form a breakaway Super League.

    Ceferin said he would make sure all clubs were consulted in the future.

    (SD-Agencies)