The Super League has collapsed, and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says ‘the important thing is to move on and rebuild the unity of the game,’ but what’s going to happen now?
Juventus President Andrea Agnelli, one of the prominent architects of the Super League project, announced this morning the competition “can no longer progress.”
Neither the Bianconeri nor Milan have formally announced their withdrawal from the Super League but according to reports in Italy, the Rossoneri have pulled out from the competition.
Juventus also said that the clubs that have withdrawn from the Super League haven’t yet completed the necessary procedures.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin welcomed the Premier League clubs back “in European football.”
“I said yesterday that it is admirable to admit a mistake and these clubs made a big mistake. But now they are back in the fold and I know they have a lot to offer, not just to our competitions, but to all of European football,” he said this morning.
“The important thing now is that we move on, rebuild the unity the game enjoyed before this, and move forward together,” he added.
It is still unclear how the six Premier League clubs changed their mind so quickly, especially as Real Madrid President and Super League Chairman Florentino Perez seemed sure the law would have protected the 12 breakaway clubs against UEFA.
At the same time, Agnelli stressed the Super League was a “blood pact.”
JP Morgan had revealed they would finance the new competition and haven’t reacted since the project collapsed.
According to the Financial Times, the clubs involved would have faced financial liabilities worth hundreds of millions of euros for leaving the competition once it began. It also adds the remaining Super League clubs have the option to sue those who are quitting, which could explain why Juventus and Milan haven’t formally announced their exit.
At the same time, exit clauses also appear dependent on money flowing to the teams, which has not yet happened, the FT reports.
UEFA will launch a reformed Champions League from 2024, possibly with a boosted budget. The European football governing body is reportedly in talks with an investment fund for a €6 billion financing package.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the new Champions League could be launched earlier than 2024, but Perez criticised the new format on Monday night, saying that it “makes no sense.”
Also, it appears difficult for Agnelli to continue to represent Juventus within the European institutions considering Ceferin said: “I’ve never seen a person lie as much as him.”
Agnelli had negotiated a new format for the Champions League and other European competitions as the President of ECA, a role he left on Sunday after the Super League was announced.
Real Madrid and Barcelona haven’t released official statements yet, while Juventus and Milan haven’t formally withdrawn from the competition. However, it appears clear the Super League will not take place.
A UEFA Executive Committee is scheduled for tomorrow. The “former” Super League clubs still involved in European competitions are not likely to be banned, as appeared from reports on Monday.
At a domestic level, Juventus, Inter and Milan have made enemies for themselves with Torino Chairman Urbano Cairo, who urged Inter’s CEO Beppe Marotta and Milan President Paolo Scaroni to step down from their FIGC duties.
Nicblnpryz
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R.I.P Super league and Perez
chizobaokolieojukwu
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Real Madrid, Barcelona & Juventus in the #SuperLeague.
Youngking10
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After hearing super league just collapse. All football fans are invited here
Tucdikmrtu
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What needs to happen is an inquiry into every aspect of football number 1 priority is a salary cap the players wages is the main cause of concern for all clubs, what they are paying is unsustainable, players on £50000 - £400000 a week ridiculous, stupid amounts spent on coaching staff, all clubs want to do at worse finish even financially at end of year, if there is a salary cap they know what there expenditure will be, you would find a more even spread of player talent around all clubs, also FIFA and UEFA need to be more transparent regarding finances, I laughed when I saw UEFA & FIFA and say how corrupt ESL was and we all know how corrupt those two organizations are. Fans have said it’s there game but they are the first to tell there club to spend huge money on a player, whilst not a fan of ESL with their closed shop competition but these clubs spend the money on players because they are held to ransom by players and agents so they need more money to function, there’s 20 clubs in Europe/England that push the broadcast rights up because those clubs have massive support worldwide. All the leagues need to get together and work on ways to keep football across all competitions thriving, there are so many clubs in debt and so many folding every season. Use this situation to reset football in how it is financially managed
Anas101messi
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Now I want everyone to fight against Racism just like they fight against Super league
ManUnited-Red
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football back to normal 🥂
WhiteShadow17
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really you Chelsea and Man City fans are so hypothetical. no one bats an eye when Abramovic back when he bought!! a MID- TABLE teams at best(Chelsea Fc) with all due respect. And the man just injected huge amounts of cash to subsidize player transfers and literally buy trophies to become what can many consider in England as of now maybe the 3rd biggest club again in England trophy-wise. I didn't see Chelsea fans crying out that that abuse of spending money was killing the game at the time and that it was unfair to the smaller teams neither have i heard any Man City fan cry and complain from the doping the Sheiks have done not only to City Fc but other teams they've bought around the world just to buy trophies. The hyporacy greed is real in fútbol and so is the corruption let's be real. But Chelsea, Man City and PSG fans, players, and staff just don't talk, you all have no right you hypocrites 🥸🥸🥸
WhiteShadow17
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really you Chelsea and Man City fans are so hypothetical. no one bats an eye when Abramovic back when he bought!! a MID- TABLE teams at best(Chelsea Fc) with all due respect. And the man just injected huge amounts of cash to subsidize player transfers and literally buy trophies to become what can many consider in England as of now maybe the 3rd biggest club again in England trophy-wise. I didn't see Chelsea fans crying out that that abuse of spending money was killing the game at the time and that it was unfair to the smaller teams neither have i heard any Man City fan cry and complain from the doping the Sheiks have done not only to City Fc but other teams they've bought around the world just to buy trophies. The hyporacy greed is real in fútbol and so is the corruption let's be real. But Chelsea, Man City and PSG fans, players, and staff just don't talk, you all have no right you hypocrites 🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸
Adenekan99
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i love my club new record😎😎😎
Amanda-
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Reforms. The club should take over the running of the UCL and Europa league. Make it more interesting and keep all the money to themselves. The UEFA president understood that there is a big financial crisis and it must be fixed or else 😅 the so called clubs may go bankrupt. Lots of rules needs changes . I personally think 🤔 it’s time to abolish the offside rule. It’s time to eradicate racist violence and abuse from the game . It’s time to hold refs responsible for bad officiating. VAR is a great idea 💡 but the human factors of it is killing it . It’s time to take VAR into another level. The VAR technology, just the way they did with goal line technology. Work with scientist 👩🔬 to improve on VAR and re introduced VAR-AI . AI means artificial intelligence . No more human in charge of controlling VAR-AI . All they need is to program all the Animation , FIFA games already have some , once there is a situation on play , the VAR will send the incident to it AI , the AI will run the VAR through it million of animation within seconds and send the results back to VAR , then the VAR send it decision to the ref . This is faster and decisions taken within a minute. That way , everyone wins .
BiblosKapenda
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To perez
AkshitAnand
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Perez to be jailed that's all
Perez alone isn't responsible, all 12 clubs agreed so calm down