European clubs have agreed to distribute revenue from the Champions League and Europa League more evenly from next season, the European Clubs Association (ECA) and Uefa have confirmed.

The announcement comes amid concerns that the gulf between Europe’s richest clubs and the rest is widening.

“ECA and Uefa have together developed a revolutionary distribution mechanism for the Champions League and Europa League, aimed at sharing the competitions’ revenue growth more evenly among European clubs,” read a joint statement.

“A record funding pot of €2.24bn [£1.6bn] [per season] will be divided with a new focus on solidarity.

“A greater proportion of funds than ever before will go to Uefa Europa League participants, to participants in the qualifying rounds and to clubs in medium/smaller championships.

“The concept means more funding for all, because the new percentage-based system ensures that every stakeholder will benefit proportionally from the competitions’ continued growth.”

The Champions League have set their matchups for the quarterfinals with Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid headlining the ties.

The two biggest clubs from Madrid played one another in last season's final.

Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will have a rematch of the quarterfinals in 2013, as well as this year's group stage.

Bayern Munich drew Porto, while it will be Juventus and Monaco in the final quarterfinal.

Paul Pogba will miss up to two month after tearing his hamstring.

Pogba suffered the injury during Juventus' Champions League win on Wednesday against Borussia Dortmund.

A Juventus statement said: "Paul Pogba this afternoon underwent an MRI scan after coming off midway through the first half of last night's Champions League match with Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

"The scan revealed a grade two myotendinous junction tear of his biceps femoris. He is expected to return to competitive action within the next 50 days."

Juve are 14 points clear at the top of Serie A, in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia and through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Nuri Sahin believes Borussia Dortmund struggled against Juventus' plan B following the injury to Andrea Pirlo in the first leg of their Champions League tie.

"I do not want to be disrespectful in any way, but I would have preferred it had Pirlo not gotten injured," Sahin was quoted as saying by Kicker.

"Pirlo's free kicks are superb, his corner kicks are as dangerous as a normal shot on target and he can find space behind the opposition's defence. He is of brutal quality.

"But we had come up with a clear plan on how we were going to fight a team containing Pirlo. And this plan worked superbly until he was forced off.

"Maybe we somehow thought Juventus would not find an answer to our gameplan any more after Pirlo was gone. They had to come up with a solution without Pirlo and that paid off for them.

"Pirlo is a true great, though, and will forever remain a legend."

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal needs 21 points from their remaining Premier League matches to earn a top-four finish and remain in the Champions League.

Arsenal has reached the Champions League for 15 straight seasons.

"Seventy-two," was Wenger's thoughtful response when asked how many points are required for a top-four finish this season. "People have finished in the top four with 67 points, but if you look at this year we have 51 points now. So it will be in the 70s. It is a tough run-in but it will be similar to last year.

"Look, have you seen the quality of the teams behind us? Southampton, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester United. The best way is to look forward and go as fast as we can.

"It will be down to consistency because mathematically it is not impossible for the guys behind us to catch us, but also for us to catch the teams in front of us. You just have to focus on yourself and win the next game."