A report from today’s paper edition of the Milano based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has explained the most likely scenarios regarding this summer’s European Championship and the end of the European Cups.

The report details how the easiest solution currently seems to be to move Euro 2020 to June 2021, giving time for the leagues across Europe to finish in time, ahead of next season. This would, however, involve moving other tournaments that are scheduled for the summer of 2021, such as the Women’s World Cup, the Under-21 Euros, as well as the Nations League final-four and the FIFA Club World Cup. The dates of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar may also have to be revised.

If Euro 2020 wasn’t postponed, then the original format for the European cups would have to be revised, the report highlights. There are three ideas, with the first being to start against in the first or second week of April, playing one round in the missing Round of 16, which would be a return leg for most teams but a simple play-off for Roma and Inter, before then playing a play-off game in the quarterfinals, allowing the semi-finals and final to go ahead as normal. The second idea would be with fewer days, with the final four playing in Istanbul a few days after the quarter-finals. The final idea is, after the round of 16, a final-eight playing in qualifiers, which would take ten days. Next Tuesday all the ideas will be considered.