The Premier League will discuss ways to thwart Uefa’s plans to expand the Champions League and end qualification from domestic leagues at their annual shareholders meeting next week. Many clubs are in a militant mood about proposals driven by the European Club Association (ECA), which they fear will damage the league’s competitiveness, popularity and commercial success. Some have mentioned threatening to boycott European competitions if the proposals to restrict Champions League participation to the historically successful clubs, remove top-four qualification and stage matches at weekends are brought in by Uefa from 2024. There is unanimity among Premier League clubs against the reforms, which are being pushed by Andrea Agnelli, the Juventus chairman who also chairs the ECA. The Premier League’s concerns are shared by the