I liked it better when teams represented the style of play of the country they are based on. Now every team is full of foreign managers and foreign players. I think the foreign player limit maintained a sense of identity associated with each club. It forces you to develop your own talent, and the fans are always going to be more into it when players are from the same country as them. Now we rarely ever see teams develop talent.
The rampant commercialisation and financial gap between the leagues. I miss the time when Ajax or Anderlecht had an actual shot at reaching the last stages of the champions league.
Imo it all went to shit when too 4 leagues got 4 direct places into the UCL instead of 3 direct and 1 qualification place. lower placed countries used to actually have a chance to qualify and we’d see teams like Qaranag, Maribor and Ferencvaros make the groupstage
It should be the TOP team per league. More prestige for that club, more leagues in the tournament. More chances for other teams to actually win it.
This kills the game for anyone that isn’t Real, Barca, Bayern, PSG or a Prem team now
PSG aren’t in this group. Italian teams have had much more success in recent decades