The three remaining members of the European Super League have revealed that they want to launch a new version of the tournament and have contacted more than 50 clubs to be a part of the project. The announcement was made in various European newspapers today by A22, the sister company of the Super League (ESL), as Juventus., Real Madrid and Barcelona make a new push in their continued battle against UEFA.
Writing in the German newspaper Welt, the chief executive of A22, Bernd Reichart, continued the attack on Uefa by claiming that clubs have no say in the running of its competitions:
“It is the clubs that bear the entrepreneurial risk in football. But when it comes to important decisions, they are too often forced to stand idly by from the sidelines as the sporting and financial foundations run under their hands. Our talks have also made it clear that it is often impossible for clubs to raise their voices publicly against a system that uses the threat of sanctions to prevent opposition.”
The format of the proposed new Super League has been kept a secret by Real, Barcelona and Juventus, but the suggestion is that it would include 60-80 teams who would compete in multiple divisions with no permanent members and a minimum of 14 matches per club, per season.
Javier Tebas, the president of La Liga and a vocal critic of the proposed competition tweeted today:
“The Super League is the wolf, who today disguises himself as a granny to try to fool European football, but his nose and his teeth are very big. Four divisions in Europe? Of course the [top division] for them [the founding clubs], as in the 2019 plan. Governance of the clubs? Of course only from the big ones.”
A22 have also released a ten-point manifesto outlining their core principles following stakeholder dialogue with around 50 clubs:
Bernd Reichart, CEO of A22, explains the newly proposed project
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