UEFA communications director William Gaillard said: “The most opposed to those proposals were Liverpool and Manchester United – they do not want to see a change to the format at all.
“Across the top seven countries however opinion was mixed.
“The Italians are strongly in favour because they want to revamp their cup competition, the Spanish and the French said it should be up to their FAs to decide, while the Germans were split among themselves.
“The clubs from the smaller countries were generally in agreement.”
