UEFA has confirmed the top Premier League top four will automatically qualify for the Champions League group stages starting from next season.
The changes also affects the top four sides in Spain, Italy and Germany with them also skipping the qualifying rounds.
The fourth-placed teams in these leagues previously had to go through a two-legged qualifier to enter the group stages of the competition.
Uefa officially announced the changes on Tuesday, along with the ones to the Europa League.
The new rule will now see 26 European teams qualify directly to the Champions League group stages compared to the 22 of the old format.
As it currently stands, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham would qualify automatically into the Champions League.
Uefa have also announced a different kick-off times for the European competition.
Champions League matches will now take place at 5.55pm and 8pm which is similar to the Europa League.
The governing body have also introduced preliminary rounds to go on before the first qualifying phase begin just like it is in the Europa League.
However, VAR won’t be introduced.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “Fans see the VAR screen all the time but nobody knows how it works.
“We will not use it in the Champions League next season. For me, it might be a good project but we shouldn’t rush it.
