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UEFA consider scrapping Europa League - Platini

European football's governing body are considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of extending the Champions League, UEFA president Michel Platini told Wednesday's edition of the daily Ouest-France.

European football's governing body are considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of extending the Champions League, UEFA president Michel Platini, pictured in October 2012, told Wednesday's edition of the daily Ouest-France.

Asked about possible plans to extend the elite Champions League at the expense of the second-tier Europa League, Platini said: "There is an ongoing debate to determine what form the European competitions will have between 2015 and 2018. We're discussing it, we will make a decision in 2014. Nothing is decided yet."

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