Pointing out pan-European travel time can be as long as flights to the United States, he added: “To go from Portugal to Azerbaijan, for example, is almost the same or the same as if you go to New York. For the fans, it’s no problem, but we should see. It’s a European competition so let’s think about it.”

The finals of Uefa’s club competitions have until now been awarded without a bidding a process, with this season’s match taking place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

“The bidding process should be very clear because if you get the Champions League finals or Europa league finals as a political favour then it’s not OK,” Ceferin said.

“With a clear bidding procedure, I will protect also the administration and myself because, whoever tries to call us, to push us, to ask us for such a favour, we will have a clear answer, ‘Sorry there are clear rules. We cannot do it’.”