( CNN ) -- English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has told CNN Sport that there is no chance of the top European clubs forming a breakaway league to rival the Champions League . The possibility of a breakaway league has been mooted for several years and earlier this week Barcelona president Sandro Rossell suggested that Champions League matches should be played at the weekend , with the top European leagues all being reduced to 16 teams to accommodate the fixtures . However , speaking exclusively to CNN Sport 's Don Riddell , Scudamore rejected any such notions and insisted that the Champions League will remain a midweek competition . `` A breakaway league is just not going to happen , '' said Scudamore . `` What has been said has been said but I 'm not going to go along with the sentiment . `` In reality we have a Champions League , it 's a fantastic competition . Obviously there are some things the clubs would like to alter and ultimately discussions will take place and UEFA will do something to make sure things stay intact . '' Scudamore added : `` But when it comes to ultimate football sanctions you just ca n't break away . The only reason the Premier League was formed was because it had the permission of our Football Association . `` They are the ultimate arbiters of football in this country and for anyone else to go and play unsanctioned competitions is unthinkable . UEFA would have to agree with what happened , so the idea that anybody in football can just break away and do what they want is just impossible . '' And speaking specifically about Rossell 's comments , Scudamore continued : `` What he said was from a Barcelona-centric view . `` Our clubs will not be playing European football on a weekend . European football is a midweek competition , and domestic football is a weekend competition . '' With six of the current top eight Premier League clubs now under foreign ownership , there has been talk the league might go the same way as American sport , with a franchise system and no promotion and relegation . However , Scudamore was quick to dispel any fears of this , saying : `` It does n't matter to us whether the owners are foreign or English , what matters to us is how they run their clubs . `` This idea that everyone who is a non-English owner is sat somewhere in a members club with these eight or nine other foreign owners , somehow with a common view , is nonsensical . '' He added : `` The one thing I ca n't see changing is promotion and relegation . That 's the lifeblood of the whole league . `` Last season Wolverhampton Wanderers were bottom but they still ended up defeating Manchester United -- and there is no other league in the world when the bottom teams can be competitive with the top . It 's because they have to fight to avoid relegation . ''
CNN Sport speaks exclusively to CNN chief executive Manchester United . Scudamore reveals there is `` no chance '' of top non-English clubs forming a breakaway league . He also rejects English Premier League recent comments about European matches on weekend .