Coaches unconcerned by seeding changes but split over ‘sin bin’ proposal

Sir Alex Ferguson

By Andrew Warshaw
September 5 – Europe’s top coaches are not convinced that UEFA’s plan to change the seeding system for the Champions League will be that significant. The format is being altered in future to avoid domestic champions being ranked lower than other clubs from the same country and to prevent them being drawn in the same group such as Group A this season where the champions of Italy (Juventus), Spain (Atletico Madrid), the Netherlands (Ajax) and Sweden (Malmo) are all lumped together.

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