Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has urged the Premier League to protect clubs by easing the schedules of teams in Europe. Forest, who drew the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final against Porto on Thursday, host Europa League rivals Aston Villa on Sunday (14:00 BST) in the Premier League. The Portuguese league has moved fixtures for their teams in Europe this season. Paris St-Germain were successful in a request to move a Ligue 1 fixture against Lens before their Champions League quarter-final first leg win against Liverpool on Tuesday. "If we protect these teams, the teams in the Europa League, Conference League and the Champions League, for sure England can get more titles," said Pereira.

Source: BBC April 10, 2026 12:47 UTC