Carabao Cup rules will be drastically altered to maintain the distance between Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea...

According to The Telegraph, a seeding system will be put in place that will prevent teams from competing in Europe from facing each other in the first round.

Rankings will be implemented to make sure that teams participating in the Champions League do not attract teams from the Europa League or any other competition.

To alleviate fixture congestion, the Carabao Cup's third round will likewise be split over two weeks.

The upcoming season will witness significant modifications to European competitions, with each team qualifying in a single large league instead of multiple groups.

The knockout stages will now require eight games instead of six, adding more fixtures to an already packed calendar.

Additionally, the competition was scheduled to coincide in September with the Carabao Cup, which begins in August.

Next year will bring even more mayhem with the Club World Cup, which will feature more sides than the winners of each continental competition.

In the event that action was not taken, clubs had already threatened to compel the FA to play their reserves in the cup.

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, has already expressed his reservations over the new Carabao Cup seeding method, although formal criteria have not yet been released.

"Hopefully, we will qualify for the Champions League next season, which takes place the same week as the Carabao Cup," he stated.

"What kind of game will we play? Will we compete in the Carabao Cup against EDS [developing squad]?

"We're heading to the Club World Cup after next season." We have a great deal of wealth and status, and we are really pleased.