Confirmed: Champions League last moved from St Petersburg to Paris -

Confirmed: Champions League last moved from St Petersburg to Paris Confirmed: Champions League last moved from St Petersburg to Paris

By Ben Browning

Launched: February 25, 2022 9:49 am

Last Updated: February 25, 2022 1:14 pm

The Champions League last has really been moved from St Petersburg to Paris and the Stade de France in an option expected to be confirmed on Friday morning.

UEFA are due to the fact that of have an emergency circumstance conference on Friday morning, where the option to move the event is set to be confirmed, according to Rob Harris.

Champions League last will be moved from St Petersburg to Paris, as @RobHarris reports. 🏆🇫🇷 #UCL pic.twitter.com/h0Vb3Ko7cG

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 25, 2022

This comes as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A statement was made by UEFA on Thursday, condemning the violence and mentioning:

‘UEFA shares the around the world community’s significant problem for the security circumstance developing in Europe and extremely condemns the constant Russian military invasion in Ukraine’, they made up.

‘As the governing body of European football, UEFA is working non-stop to develop and promote football according to normal European worths such as peace and regard for human rights, in the spirit of the Olympic Charter. We remain undaunted in our harmony with the football community in Ukraine and stand ready to extend our hand to the Ukrainian people.’

‘We are managing this circumstance with the utmost intensity and severity. Options will be taken by the UEFA Executive Committee and exposed tomorrow.’

What else could take place?

There is an expectation that future talks will centre around the possible future of the important sponsor Gazprom, the Russian oil company that currently are the main sponsors of UEFA’s Champions League.

Schalke 04 have really presently eliminated the sponsors from their tee shirt, and will rather simply expose the group name in its place.

ℹ️ Following present improvements, FC Schalke 04 have really picked to remove the logo style of main sponsor GAZPROM from the club’s tee shirts. It will be altered by lettering reading ‘Schalke 04’ rather.#S04 pic.twitter.com/9kpJLRzTQ7

— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) February 24, 2022

On The Other Hand, Spartak Moscow will not be allowed to play their second leg of the Europa League integrate Russia, with the draw set to be made today.