The European Super League has made a return as the revamped Unify League, according to a report.
The original Super League rocked the football world in April 2021 when it was announced as a continental club competition consisting of the top sides in Europe, including six Premier League clubs.
Fans opposed the idea immediately, launching a number of protests including Manchester City and United fans joining forces and Red Devils supporters storming into Old Trafford and causing a game to be postponed. The Premier League clubs involved were City, United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham.
The idea was also criticised by managers, former players and challenged legally, with the aim that clubs intending to compete in the breakaway league would be banned from UEFA competition immediately.
At present, two teams remain as backers of the proposed league - Real Madrid and Barcelona - with Madrid president Florentino Perez the chairman of the organisation, with Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer, Liverpool owner John W Henry and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke serving as vice chairmen.
It had appeared that the idea was dead in the water with no serious signs of revival since, but the revamped Unify League, reported by the Telegraph, could now be the biggest challenge UEFA officials have faced in years.
The new plan is said to pride itself on the idea that its competition would be free to air, as opposed to current competitions. It would be streamed by a branded 'Unified' platform via an app, similar to the model of the likes of Netflix and Amazon.
Subscribers are understood to be able to watch games for free with lots of adverts or pay a fee to remove adverts.
In the original league, there was an idea that some clubs would qualify automatically every year, though that plan is now understood to have been scrapped.
Instead, the idea is that there will be annual qualification for all for leagues in the Unify League, with 96 teams taking part in total. The top two leagues would be called the Star League and the Gold League, with 16 teams in both divisions, divided into two groups of eight.
The third and fourth divisions would be named the Blue League and Union League.
In the final eight, made up of two teams from each of the four groups in the top two leagues, would consist of two-legged quarter finals, followed by one-legged semi finals at a neutral venue in the same week as the final.
It is reported that there would then be 14 group stage fixtures, with the winners playing 18 games in total.
The Blue and Union Leagues would work in the same way.
It is headed by A22 Sports, a Madrid-based company which was originally established to advise the original Super League.
John Hahn, co-founder of A22, said: 'We have listened intently to a broad group of clubs, leagues and fans and with these changes believe we have a lot of support. We are not expecting the public support of clubs at this time, logically that will come following the official recognition of the Unify League.'
nuodknsuy
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let it be, euro n fifa have fun
nuodknsuy
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good idea it will work, euro-fifa have fun.
Sascdintz
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this is shit unify wat ever to those wu say fifa , uefa are corrupt maybe its just u enjoy the football not the awards coz last tym I checked u need wins to win something on the pitch not fifa or Uefa journalism fck
AlvinsM
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This is nonsense
roaelrtuz
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Let it come
jasbdeksy
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no never ever will you get all fans support.
jasbdeksy
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lol all these people talking about FIFA corruption....la liga corruption is rife. realadrid and Barcelona just want to be the centre of everything.
jasbdeksy
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It's about time somebody to break the monopoly by FIFA and UEFA. You can have a lot of players and no break in summer. Games all round the year.
hahahahaha the superleague creates more fixtures....
jasbdeksy
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took too long in coming uefa needs competition and I know the ESL will give them that
what nonsense...those teams that ply will fk up the domestic leagues.a
jasbdeksy
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what a shit ide...will be the death of club football
miguelbumba
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The. Super League issue was in 2021? Really? Time is flying quick and fast. It seems like yesterday..
Vohalopryz
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in my own opinion...the only way this would work is if it goes hand in hand with uefa and FIFA competitions instead of seeking to replace them...on the negative, the workload would kill the players...another option is to form 96 new teams and develop from there instead of looking for teams already in existence...this also would make it unattractive unless they copy Saudi league and sign star players into the 96 teams from their competitors FIFA and uefa
pozacikrty
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It's about time somebody to break the monopoly by FIFA and UEFA. You can have a lot of players and no break in summer. Games all round the year.
that's a shit idea. Don't try to ruin football
fekbckmrsy
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rubbish
ultimategooner
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you are very welcome this time arround
Purna-Shahi
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we aren't interested
Litelntz
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They still need uefa and Fifa to approve of it
nope wrong
Litelntz
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took too long in coming uefa needs competition and I know the ESL will give them that
Godwin2006
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help me with tips
Ronbdmnos
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It's about time somebody to break the monopoly by FIFA and UEFA. You can have a lot of players and no break in summer. Games all round the year.
Zaptoez
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We aren’t interested
eazylavezzi007
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They still need uefa and Fifa to approve of it
Gbenga009
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Good one. FIFA and UEFA can go with their corrupt organization
And who told you it won't be rigged by Madrid or Barca...there will always be corruption
UEFAchampions
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Good one. FIFA and UEFA can go with their corrupt organization