English clubs turn down Champions League playoffs

Premier League clubs have decided against further discussing the possibility of giving England\'s fourth Champions League spot to the winner of end-of-season playoffs.



The top four clubs currently qualify automatically for Europe\'s leading club competition but teams were consulted over the idea of reducing that to three and holding playoffs involving the sides finishing fourth through seventh.



The Netherlands abandoned a playoff system for their second Champions League place in 2008 after three seasons and England does not now look set to follow the experiment.



Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore says there was not enough support to take the idea forward.