Champions League final set for England return as next three host venues are revealed

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The Champions League final will return to Wembley Stadium in 2023, according to reports.

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England’s national stadium last hosted the showcase fixture of European football's calendar in 2013, and is set for another final a decade on.

Sky Sports News reports that Wembley will be confirmed as the 2023 host venue by UEFA next week.

European football’s governing body usually announces venues one year at a time, but president Aleksander Ceferin is set to change the process by announcing a long-term plan.

Zenit’s Krestovsky Stadium in St Petersburg and Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena will be named as host venues for 2021 and 2022 respectively at a meeting in Ljubljana next Tuesday.

And in 2023, Wembley will celebrate the centenary of the original twin-towered Empire stadium in 1923 by hosting the European final for an eighth time.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio. 

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