UEFA consider three major Champions League rule changes to impact Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham

The was bigger than ever before this season. The competition was revamped to incluide 36 teams as opposed to the previous 24, with a league phase brought in instead of a group stage.

Rather than having eight groups of four, with each team playing everyone else in their group home and away, the 36 teams were drawn against eight other clubs for four home games and four away games.

It was a league phase, with the positions changing all the time and the top eight at the end of the league going straight through to the last 16 and the teams finishing from 9th to 24th meeting in a play-off round to determine the other eight clubs to make it through to the knockouts.

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The tournament has been deemed to be a success, but there could be more changes on the way.

As it stands, will be qualifying for next season's competition, with also in the race to finish in the top five in the Premier League this season - which would be enough to qualify this year.

also have a chance, despite their appalling Premier League campaign, with the Lilywhites in the semi-finals of the Europa League. Win that and they would be in next season's .

But if all three teams make it into the 2025/26 tournament, they could come up against a number of rule changes compared to this year.

According to , UEFA are discussing three potential changes to the format, which could be ratified and come into effect for the start of the 2025/26 campaign.

The first would see extra-time abolished in the knockout stages, in favour of going straight to a penalty shootout.

The second would give home advantage in the second leg of knockout games for those teams who finished in the top eight spots if they take on a team who finished lower down the table.

Arsenal were frustrated this season to have to play Real Madrid - and soon PSG - away from home in the second leg, despite having finished in the top eight, whereas Los Blancos and PSG did not.

The third change to be discussed would be going back to a previous rule. The same country protection was not in place this season, meaning clubs from the same association could play each other in the knockouts.

Previously the same country protection was kept until the quarter-final stage and that could come back into effect from this season.

The Club Competitions Committee will meet at the end of May to discuss different proposals to see if any of these changes will be brought in.