European Super League can revive ‘sick’ football says Real Madrid president
2 years, 3 months ago

European Super League can revive ‘sick’ football says Real Madrid president

The Independent  

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Real Madrid have fashioned a world to suit themselves – but is it harming the rest of football?
7 months, 1 week ago

Real Madrid have fashioned a world to suit themselves – but is it harming the rest of football?

The Independent  

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Miguel Delaney answers your football questions as plans for European Super League are revived
1 year ago

Miguel Delaney answers your football questions as plans for European Super League are revived

The Independent  

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Jurgen Klopp responds as Liverpool’s stance on European Super League plans revealed
1 year ago

Jurgen Klopp responds as Liverpool’s stance on European Super League plans revealed

The Independent  

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Napoli President De Laurentiis pushes for change in favour of Super League after court verdict
1 year ago

Napoli President De Laurentiis pushes for change in favour of Super League after court verdict

The Hindu  

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis welcomed the European Court of Justice ruling on the Super League project, saying UEFA and FIFA do not understand the business of the sport and the need to grow club revenues. Europe’s top court said the ruling bodies had contravened EU law by stopping the formation of a Super League, but clubs and leagues came …

European Super League launches radical new plan for football
1 year ago

European Super League launches radical new plan for football

The Independent  

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European Super League LIVE: A22’s breakaway format won’t include Premier League clubs after ‘ban’ threat
1 year ago

European Super League LIVE: A22’s breakaway format won’t include Premier League clubs after ‘ban’ threat

The Independent  

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UEFA President Ceferin mocks ‘fantastic’ Super League
1 year ago

UEFA President Ceferin mocks ‘fantastic’ Super League

The Hindu  

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin mocked the “fantastic” Super League on Thursday, hours after the European Court of Justice ruled that UEFA and FIFA contravened EU law by preventing the league’s formation. We have national governments and institutions behind us.” Ceferin was joined on the call by senior officials, including Nasser Al-Khelaifi, President of Paris St Germain and the European Club …

Manchester United lead clubs’ rejection of European Super League
1 year ago

Manchester United lead clubs’ rejection of European Super League

The Independent  

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Ask Miguel Delaney anything as European Super League launches radical new plan for football
1 year ago

Ask Miguel Delaney anything as European Super League launches radical new plan for football

The Independent  

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Super League celebrates ruling: ‘The Uefa monopoly is over. Football is free’
1 year ago

Super League celebrates ruling: ‘The Uefa monopoly is over. Football is free’

The Independent  

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Soccer’s Super League revived by court ruling against FIFA and UEFA. Many top clubs still against it
1 year ago

Soccer’s Super League revived by court ruling against FIFA and UEFA. Many top clubs still against it

Associated Press  

European soccer was rocked by a court ruling that revived the rebel Super League on Thursday, though it wasn’t clear whether any clubs were joining Real Madrid and Barcelona in the breakaway project. “The world of football moved on from the Super League years ago and progressive reforms will continue,” said the European Club Association which represents Europe’s top football …

Man City fans faced ‘problems’ at Champions League final, Uefa president accepts
1 year, 6 months ago

Man City fans faced ‘problems’ at Champions League final, Uefa president accepts

The Independent  

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Lawyers for Liverpool fans at Champions League final file claims against UEFA
1 year, 9 months ago

Lawyers for Liverpool fans at Champions League final file claims against UEFA

The Independent  

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Revised Version of European Super League Set To Return With 80 Football Teams
1 year, 10 months ago

Revised Version of European Super League Set To Return With 80 Football Teams

News 18  

The initial plans of holding a breakaway European Super League had to be dumped after the organisers faced severe backlash from the fans of the involved football teams. Bernd Reichart, chief executive of A22 Sports, a company designed to sponsor and formulate plans for the new league, recently underlined the significance to have a separate European football competition. The football …

Uefa president makes pointed remarks on day of European Super League relaunch
1 year, 10 months ago

Uefa president makes pointed remarks on day of European Super League relaunch

The Independent  

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European Super League ‘progressing’, says Barcelona’s Laporta
1 year, 10 months ago

European Super League ‘progressing’, says Barcelona’s Laporta

The Hindu  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta on Thursday said plans to create a European Super League were “progressing” and expected a favourable court ruling for the breakaway competition fiercely opposed by UEFA and FIFA. “Participating clubs should remain fully committed to domestic tournaments as they do today,” A22 added, after critics said the Super League sought to rival national leagues and UEFA-organised …

Super League organizers set out 80-team competition idea
1 year, 11 months ago

Super League organizers set out 80-team competition idea

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Organizers of the Super League project presented a long-promised new proposal Thursday for a multi-division competition involving up to 80 European soccer teams and operating outside of UEFA’s authority. Setting out 10 principles for the project, Spain-based A22 Sports Management said it had talked to “nearly 50 European clubs” about the revived proposal two years after the original …

European Super League: ESL revamp just the latest slap in the face to football fans
1 year, 11 months ago

European Super League: ESL revamp just the latest slap in the face to football fans

The Independent  

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A new plan for an 80-team European Super League announced by ESL Management firm
1 year, 11 months ago

A new plan for an 80-team European Super League announced by ESL Management firm

The Hindu  

A future European Super League could include as many as 80 teams, Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor and assist in the creation of a breakaway football league, said on Thursday. “Feedback suggests a European football league that is open, based solely on sporting merit, multidivisional with 60 to 80 clubs and …

Furious LaLiga BLASTS new European Super League plans
1 year, 11 months ago

Furious LaLiga BLASTS new European Super League plans

Daily Mail  

LaLiga has responded to the latest offensive from Real Madrid and Barcelona regarding their plans for a breakaway European Super League by branding them the big bad wolf trying to devour football. La Liga responded: ‘The Super League is a wolf disguised as grandma in the hope of tricking European football but its teeth are very big.’ In A22 Sports …

Can football be saved? A new European Super League documentary wants us to decide
1 year, 11 months ago

Can football be saved? A new European Super League documentary wants us to decide

ABC  

Can football be saved? These are the central questions driving a new documentary titled, Super League: The War For Football, that launched this past weekend: a series delving into the four crucial days in 2021 that saw the rapid rise and fall of the European Super League, a breakaway competition made up of Europe's biggest clubs that threatened to tear …

Joan Laporta predicts European Super League will launch in next two years
2 years ago

Joan Laporta predicts European Super League will launch in next two years

New York Times  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta remains convinced a new European Super League to initially compete with the Premier League will become a reality in the next two years, despite a recent legal development appearing to weaken the prospect. But Laporta said he hoped Premier League sides would join the project in a “merger” with their European counterparts at a later stage …

Super League to be killed off as European judges are told to favour Uefa
2 years ago

Super League to be killed off as European judges are told to favour Uefa

The Telegraph  

The European Super League rebel three of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have been dealt a huge blow in their legal case against Uefa’s monopoly when the expert advice to judges was that the governing body has legitimate power over club competitions. The ESL rebel three had sought to overturn Uefa’s historic right to organise club competitions, such as the …

LaLiga would be ‘bankrupt’ if Real Madrid and Barcelona join European Super League
2 years, 1 month ago

LaLiga would be ‘bankrupt’ if Real Madrid and Barcelona join European Super League

The Independent  

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Nasser Al Khelaifi: ESL backers trying to ‘rewrite history and divide football’
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasser Al Khelaifi: ESL backers trying to ‘rewrite history and divide football’

The Independent  

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UEFA gathers European team to oppose Super League at meeting
2 years, 2 months ago

UEFA gathers European team to oppose Super League at meeting

Firstpost  

Organisers of the Super League had a meeting with UEFA amid secrecy at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Super League promoter A22 Sports Management wanted a first formal meeting with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin after last month appointing its own chief executive. On Tuesday, instead of facing just Ceferin, the three-man A22 delegation led by CEO Bernd Reichart was met …

Real Madrid president Perez says fans are drifting away from football
2 years, 3 months ago

Real Madrid president Perez says fans are drifting away from football

The Hindu  

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said European football is “sick” and that changes are needed to stop younger fans drifting away from the sport, again touting the prospect of a Super League made up of the continent’s elite clubs. Perez is one of the key architects of the European Super League, which folded less than 48 hours after it was …

Football is ‘sick’ and European Super League can revive it, says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez
2 years, 3 months ago

Football is ‘sick’ and European Super League can revive it, says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez

The Independent  

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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin Says Super League Over 'at Least For 20 Years'
2 years, 7 months ago

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin Says Super League Over 'at Least For 20 Years'

News 18  

The Super League project “is over once and for all or at least for 20 years,” UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Wednesday. “I don’t like to call it Super league because it’s everything but Super League,” said the Slovenian after the Congress of the governing body of European football in Vienna. IPL FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | …

The birth, death and future of the European Super League
2 years, 8 months ago

The birth, death and future of the European Super League

The Independent  

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta claims the Super League is 'far from abandoned'
2 years, 9 months ago

Barcelona president Joan Laporta claims the Super League is 'far from abandoned'

Daily Mail  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta believes the Super League is 'far from abandoned' and that English clubs are still waiting to learn about the future of the competition. Barcelona president Joan Laporta believes the Super League is 'far from abandoned' Laporta believes the Super League plans will go ahead if the European Court allows it, with a decision expected 'by the …

Super League only way to control state-owned clubs, says Real Madrid president
3 years, 1 month ago

Super League only way to control state-owned clubs, says Real Madrid president

The Hindu  

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez defended the idea of a European Super League on Saturday, saying it was the only way to enforce tighter financial controls on teams as UEFA's financial fair play model plays into the hands of clubs backed by sovereign states. "It is a project that will at last implement financial controls which are strictly respected and …

Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid result: Reds see off 10-man visitors in dramatic Champions League encounter
3 years, 2 months ago

Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid result: Reds see off 10-man visitors in dramatic Champions League encounter

The Independent  

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UEFA Drops Case against European Super League Rebels
3 years, 3 months ago

UEFA Drops Case against European Super League Rebels

News 18  

UEFA says that it is dropping its disciplinary case against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus over their involvement in the controversial European Super League, to comply with a ruling from a Madrid court. UEFA, which had been pursuing the three clubs over what it called a potential violation of UEFA’s legal framework, also said that it “will not request payment” …

European Super League: You think it’s over? Think again
3 years, 3 months ago

European Super League: You think it’s over? Think again

The Independent  

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Barcelona President Joan Laporta Insists European Super League Still Alive
3 years, 4 months ago

Barcelona President Joan Laporta Insists European Super League Still Alive

News 18  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted that the Super League project is still alive, despite the withdrawal earlier this year of the majority of founding clubs. The other nine have all withdrawn and signed agreements with UEFA prohibiting them from repeating their actions, but Laporta said Barca were still moving forwards with the plans. The three clubs who are defending …

'Super League project is still alive,' says Barcelona president Joan Laporta
3 years, 6 months ago

'Super League project is still alive,' says Barcelona president Joan Laporta

Firstpost  

Despite opposition from UEFA, fans and rival clubs, Laporta insisted the Super League would mean “financial sustainability for the clubs and makes for a more attractive competition”. Barcelona president Joan Laporta insisted Sunday that the controversial Super League project “is still alive” despite it being widely condemned as a crude land grab. “Do not make us apologise for thinking about …

6 Premier League Clubs Want Florentino Perez to Dissolve the Company Behind Disastrous European Super League
3 years, 7 months ago

6 Premier League Clubs Want Florentino Perez to Dissolve the Company Behind Disastrous European Super League

News 18  

The drama created by the proposed European Super League came and went in less than a span of a week. The six Premier League clubs who were involved in the European Super League are reportedly planning to ask Real Madrid boss Florentino Perez to ask the company to launch the multi-billion Euro project, ESPN reported. The proposed scheme also involved …

UEFA boss: Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have 'PARALYSED themselves' for Super League stance
3 years, 7 months ago

UEFA boss: Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have 'PARALYSED themselves' for Super League stance

Daily Mail  

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin admits he is baffled by Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid's approach to the European Super League project, claiming they have 'paralysed themselves' in football. Aleksander Ceferin is baffled by Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus' Super League stance Barcelona and Real have said that they will not accept Super League sanctions with Juventus Speaking about the three …

European Super League is not dead, the ideology remains, says LaLiga chief Javier Tebas
3 years, 7 months ago

European Super League is not dead, the ideology remains, says LaLiga chief Javier Tebas

Firstpost  

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has warned that the proposed European Super League “is not dead” and questioned FIFA’s involvement in the concept. “What they tried to do was very serious, a coup d’etat against European football.” The six Premier League clubs — Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool — were the first to buckle under pressure …

La Liga president Javier Tebas praises English football for stopping the European Super League
3 years, 7 months ago

La Liga president Javier Tebas praises English football for stopping the European Super League

Daily Mail  

The president of the Spanish top flight, Javier Tebas, has thanked English football for stopping the European Super League in its tracks, but warned the project is not dead. Liverpool as one the Big Six clubs in English football would have been included in a super league plans He did nothing to hide his anger at the Super League project, …

La Liga CEO: Super League ideas endure at clubs, FIFA
3 years, 7 months ago

La Liga CEO: Super League ideas endure at clubs, FIFA

The Hindu  

European club football still faces threats from leaders of the failed Super League project and the FIFA president, Spanish league CEO Javier Tebas claimed Thursday. “The concept of the Super League hasn’t died,” Tebas warned club and league officials in an online meeting hosted by the 30-nation European Leagues group. Tebas warned that FIFA’s delayed launch of an expanded 24-team …

Gianni Infantino denies FIFA collusion over European Super League project
3 years, 7 months ago

Gianni Infantino denies FIFA collusion over European Super League project

The Independent  

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European football clubs set to lose $10.6 billion as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, claims UEFA report
3 years, 7 months ago

European football clubs set to lose $10.6 billion as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, claims UEFA report

Firstpost  

As a result of slashed budgets, transfer spending by European clubs in last year’s summer window plummeted by 39 percent. London: European football clubs are forecast to miss out on 8.7 billion euros in revenue as they struggle to cope with the devastating financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a UEFA report said Thursday. In the foreword, UEFA president Aleksander …

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin meets Football Supporters’ Association over new Champions League plans
3 years, 7 months ago

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin meets Football Supporters’ Association over new Champions League plans

The Independent  

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UEFA keen to engage fans as direct stakeholders after Super League collapse
3 years, 7 months ago

UEFA keen to engage fans as direct stakeholders after Super League collapse

The Hindu  

UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin has met with Football Supporters Europe and fan bodies from England and Spain over plans to build a direct stakeholder relationship with them, European football's governing body said on Thursday. The meeting is part of UEFA's drive to engage more formally with fan organisations -- many of whom fiercely opposed the ill-fated European Super League plans …

Man City chief apologises to leading English football figures for role in European Super League
3 years, 8 months ago

Man City chief apologises to leading English football figures for role in European Super League

The Independent  

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Zinedine Zidane refuses to publicly defend Real Madrid president Florentino Perez over Super League
3 years, 8 months ago

Zinedine Zidane refuses to publicly defend Real Madrid president Florentino Perez over Super League

The Independent  

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Champions League: Zinedine Zidane says talks of Real Madrid getting banned due to ESL involvement ‘absurd’
3 years, 8 months ago

Champions League: Zinedine Zidane says talks of Real Madrid getting banned due to ESL involvement ‘absurd’

Firstpost  

Madrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on Monday hit back at calls for his club to be banned from the Champions League for their part in the failed European Super League proposals, saying the suggestion was “absurd”. UEFA threatened the clubs with “consequences” before the plans fell apart, but Zidane said any thoughts of a Champions League ban were misplaced. …

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