UEFA plans to give two Champions League places to teams that didn't qualify based on their historic record in Europe when the tournament expands to 36 teams ...
“We are just a small club, a middle-class club in Germany, and we are not the voice of all the European clubs,” Hellman said. We could give the other middle-class clubs a voice and organizing an initiative with some other clubs, and that’s something we are working on.” “If you’re participating in the Champions League, your coefficient gets higher and higher and the shop is more closed,” Hellman said in a video call on Monday. “So I do not believe that should be the right requirement to participate in the European competitions.