UEFA is set to confirm on Friday this season’s Champions League Final will no longer take place in St Petersburg, the PA news agency understands.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight forced European football’s governing body to start drawing up contingency plans yesterday for the showpiece event on May 28.

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has called an extraordinary meeting for today where it is expected the 68,000-capacity Gazprom Arena will be stripped of its right to host the final due to Russia’s attacks.