Premier League giants set for fixture chaos with 'Champions League games set for SAME DAY as Carabao Cup next season'
PREMIER LEAGUE giants are reportedly set for fixture chaos subsequent season.
That's with Champions League games set to be played on the identical day as Carabao Cup matches.
Europe's elite competition will undergo a major change next season as it expands from 32 groups to 36.
The group stages have been axed and groups will as an alternative be bundled into one big table for the opening spherical.
The top eight groups will go straight by means of to the last 16.
Whereas the subsequent 16 will play knockout matches to determine the final eight sides.
Nevertheless, it means teams will now play eight matches within the preliminary spherical as an alternative of the earlier six.
And the Mail claims that there's at present a fixture clash on the horizon for any Champions League group that reaches subsequent term's Carabao Cup semi-final.
The domestic competition turns into a two-game tie at that stage.
And a draft fixture record from the EFL sees one of the legs fall concurrently a Champions League games.
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It's famous that EFL sources insist the fixture date is just not finalised.
Nevertheless, the only approach to keep away from the conflict of video games is to make the Carabao semis a one-legged affair.
And will the current date remain, it might pressure any Premier League aspect within the Champions League to subject a staff of youngsters in the Carabao Cup.
Liverpool famously put out their youth aspect underneath the watch of then-U23s boss Neil Critchley for their Carabao quarter-final towards Aston Villa 5 years ago.
That's as a result of Jurgen Klopp's senior stars have been in Doha at the time as they competed for the Membership World Cup.
And it stays to be seen if there's any wriggle room as the new Champions League format comes into play.
The EFL and Uefa declined to comment.
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