FIFA chief Infantino denies backing breakaway super league
5 years ago

FIFA chief Infantino denies backing breakaway super league

The Hindu  

FIFA has not given its backing to reported plans for a closed European super league, its president Gianni Infantino said Wednesday. “FIFA is not backing any project,” Infantino said during a visit to Brussels, refusing to deny however that any talks had taken place on the subject by saying that football's global governing body “discusses everything, with everybody”. Infantino was questioned by reporters after the New York Times reported that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had spoken to him about creating a breakaway elite international league. The report said the league could feature two divisions of 20 teams drawn from current national leagues, with the hope of winning a lucrative continental audience.

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Revamped Super League asks for FIFA, UEFA recognition
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Revamped Super League asks for FIFA, UEFA recognition

The Hindu  

Super League promoters on Tuesday revealed they have asked FIFA and UEFA for “official recognition” of their proposed competititon, renamed the “Unify League”, leaning on a ruling from Europe’s top court. European football was hit with a bombshell in early 2021, when 12 of its biggest clubs announced they had signed up to the planned Super League, triggering a furious …

Juventus WITHDRAW from Super League plan and request to re-join European Club Association in climbdown from controversial plot... leaving just Barcelona and Real Madrid as final breakaway agitators
7 months, 1 week ago

Juventus WITHDRAW from Super League plan and request to re-join European Club Association in climbdown from controversial plot... leaving just Barcelona and Real Madrid as final breakaway agitators

Daily Mail  

Juventus have withdrawn from the European Super League plot in a hammer blow for the controversial breakaway competition. It leaves just Barcelona and Real Madrid standing from the original 12 clubs who proposed the European Super league in 2021. Juventus have withdrawn from the European Super League plot three years after it launched Their exit leaves just Barcelona and Real …

Spain Signature Missing From 26 European Governments Declaration Opposing Super League
11 months ago

Spain Signature Missing From 26 European Governments Declaration Opposing Super League

News 18  

Spain was absent from a group of 26 European countries who signed a joint declaration Thursday voicing their opposition to the contentious Super League football project, ahead of the UEFA Congress in Paris. Only two clubs, Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, are still publicly attached to the Super League project, a closed competition intended to supplant the UEFA Champions …

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  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. First launched in 2021, the European Super League proposed a breakaway competition …

Uefa hits back at European Super League after European Court of Justice ruling
1 year ago

Uefa hits back at European Super League after European Court of Justice ruling

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Uefa has said that it remains confident it …

Liverpool manager Klopp likes that FIFA and UEFA ‘get a bit of a shake’ from Super League verdict
1 year ago

Liverpool manager Klopp likes that FIFA and UEFA ‘get a bit of a shake’ from Super League verdict

The Hindu  

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp opposes the European Super League but said on Friday he’s glad FIFA and UEFA “get a bit of a shake” from a court ruling that curbs their power. The Premier League club issued a statement ahead of Klopp’s press conference to reiterate its position that it is not involved in the Super League and will continue …

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 …

Super League given fresh hope after court rules Uefa and Fifa ‘unlawfully’ blocked controversial project
1 year ago

Super League given fresh hope after court rules Uefa and Fifa ‘unlawfully’ blocked controversial project

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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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 …

Juventus plans to leave Super League project after season of legal turmoil
1 year, 7 months ago

Juventus plans to leave Super League project after season of legal turmoil

Associated Press  

TURIN, Italy — Juventus plans to leave the Super League project still being pursued by Real Madrid and Barcelona, though the club denied Tuesday it had been threatened with a European ban by UEFA. The three storied clubs are awaiting a ruling expected within weeks from the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg into their legal challenge against what they …

European Super League ‘progressing’, says Barcelona’s Laporta
1 year, 11 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 …

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 …

EU legal adviser sides with UEFA, FIFA in Super League case
2 years ago

EU legal adviser sides with UEFA, FIFA in Super League case

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Super League was dealt a blow when an EU legal adviser proposed the European Court of Justice should back rules allowing UEFA and FIFA to block the breakaway competition. But he insisted “such a fact, if established, does not manifestly mean that those rules have the object of restricting competition.” UEFA “warmly” welcomed the opinion, saying it was …

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 …

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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FIFA boss steps sharply back from contested biennial World Cup plan
2 years, 9 months ago

FIFA boss steps sharply back from contested biennial World Cup plan

The Hindu  

Gianni Infantino has stepped sharply back from hotly contested plans for a biennial World Cup, telling world football’s leadership that FIFA had never proposed such an idea. "The last FIFA congress passed to the administration a vote, with 88 percent voted in favour, to study the feasibility of the World Cup every two years. European football’s president Aleksander Ceferin, who …

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 …

Gianni Infantino’s remark on African migrants labelled ‘completely unacceptable’
2 years, 11 months ago

Gianni Infantino’s remark on African migrants labelled ‘completely unacceptable’

The Independent  

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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 …

Infantino faces dissent on call with European football heads
3 years, 2 months ago

Infantino faces dissent on call with European football heads

Associated Press  

If Gianni Infantino was in any doubt how divisive his rule of world football has become, it was revealed to the FIFA president during an hour-long video call with leaders of European federations. “We trusted you to create an organization that transcends the divisions and brings unity,” Răzvan Burleanu, the Romanian Football Federation president who sits on the FIFA Council, …

UEFA President warns Infantino of "terrible consequences" in pushing for World Cup vote
3 years, 2 months ago

UEFA President warns Infantino of "terrible consequences" in pushing for World Cup vote

The Hindu  

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has warned his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino against pushing ahead with a vote on the plan for a biennial World Cup saying there would be "terrible consequences" to such a move. READ | FIFA president Gianni Infantino highlights 'advantages' of biennial World Cup A decision on whether to hold an extraordinary congress or a summit, with …

Clubs accuse FIFA of legal breach, railroading World Cup overhaul
3 years, 3 months ago

Clubs accuse FIFA of legal breach, railroading World Cup overhaul

The Hindu  

European clubs joined forces on Friday to rebuke FIFA for trying to railroad through plans for biennial World Cups, warning of a destructive impact on world football. “ECA has therefore followed with grave concern and alarm FIFA’s launch of active PR campaigns and much pretence," the club body said in a statement to The Associated Press, "apparently seeking to railroad …

UEFA claims FIFA snubbed its request for talks about biennial World Cup plan
3 years, 3 months ago

UEFA claims FIFA snubbed its request for talks about biennial World Cup plan

Firstpost  

UEFA complained on Wednesday that Gianni Infantino’s world body has yet to respond to its request for talks to discuss the concerns of European nations. Intensifying its opposition to FIFA’s push for biennial World Cups, UEFA complained on Wednesday that Gianni Infantino’s world body has yet to respond to its request for talks to discuss the concerns of European nations. …

European clubs 'united' in tackling FIFA, UEFA politics
3 years, 4 months ago

European clubs 'united' in tackling FIFA, UEFA politics

The Hindu  

After the Super League crisis and ongoing legal fight by three of its creators, top European football clubs were praised on Tuesday as a united family by their new Qatari leader. At the news conference, Bayern Munich lawyer Michael Gerlinger said Wenger’s aim for a December decision was “challenging.” Leverage for the clubs could be in future talks over renewing …

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 …

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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Cavani accuses failed Super League plans of depriving 'more modest teams' a shot at Champions League
3 years, 7 months ago

Cavani accuses failed Super League plans of depriving 'more modest teams' a shot at Champions League

Daily Mail  

Edinson Cavani has launched a scathing attack on his own bosses at Manchester United following the failed European Super League plans, accusing them of trying to deprive 'more modest teams' a chance to play in the Champions League. The club's Glazer owners were at the forefront of plans to create a breakaway Super League along with fellow Premier League sides …

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 …

La Liga President Javier Tebas Claims FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino is Behind European Super League
3 years, 7 months ago

La Liga President Javier Tebas Claims FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino is Behind European Super League

News 18  

La Liga president Javier Tebas has accused FIFA president Gianni Infantino for being behind the failed European Super League project. Twelve of Europe’s top football clubs – Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur – announced the breakaway ESL. “I’ve said it before and I will say …

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino cautious about imposing sanctions on Super League clubs, says he prefers 'dialogue to conflict'
3 years, 8 months ago

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino cautious about imposing sanctions on Super League clubs, says he prefers 'dialogue to conflict'

Firstpost  

Infantino said there were many possible avenues to promote “economic stability” and “competitive balance” in football. Lausanne: FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he is not in favour of sanctions against the 12 clubs that tried to launch a European Super League, preferring “dialogue” on football reform. “By punishing a club, for example, you are also punishing players, coaches and fans, …

Italy to Ban Clubs That Join Breakaway Leagues from Serie A
3 years, 8 months ago

Italy to Ban Clubs That Join Breakaway Leagues from Serie A

News 18  

The Italian football federation added an “anti-Super League” clause to its regulations on Monday, making it easier to expel any club that attempts to break away in the future. The controversial breakaway of Europe’s elite football teams imploded last week — shortly after it was announced — when all six English clubs backed away from the proposal, following a backlash …

Real Madrid not thinking about any Super League sanctions, says Zinedine Zidane
3 years, 8 months ago

Real Madrid not thinking about any Super League sanctions, says Zinedine Zidane

The Hindu  

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said on Monday he was not thinking about any sanctions against the club from UEFA in the wake of the European Super League announcement last week. The breakaway league involving 12 of Europe's major club collapsed within three days of its announcement amid a fierce backlash from fans, governing bodies and politicians. "It's absurd to …

The next 'super' projects are already in the works
3 years, 8 months ago

The next 'super' projects are already in the works

The Hindu  

The breakaway European Super League may have ended in dramatic failure last week but it is far from the end of radical proposals for new competitions in the world game. "We need to be open to everyone, to everything, to every proposal, to every idea," Infantino said last month when asked about the upcoming major review of the global match …

European Super League: All 12 Clubs bound by contract; project will happen in 'near future', says Real Madrid president
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: All 12 Clubs bound by contract; project will happen in 'near future', says Real Madrid president

Firstpost  

Real Madrid’s president insists all 12 clubs that signed up for the ill-fated Super League are still bound by contract to launching the controversial breakaway of Europe’s elite soccer teams. In an interview with Spanish sports daily AS on Saturday, Madrid president Florentino Pérez said the clubs can’t back out like some have announced. “If something needs to be changed, …

Ceferin warns 4 clubs to reject Super League to avoid CL ban
3 years, 8 months ago

Ceferin warns 4 clubs to reject Super League to avoid CL ban

Associated Press  

The Spanish and Italian clubs still clinging to the Super League must disavow the breakaway or face being banned from the Champions League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin told The Associated Press on Friday. Although the Super League imploded this week after being rapidly abandoned by most participants, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan have not left the project and …

Super League is a unique opportunity to ruin football: La Liga president Tebas
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League is a unique opportunity to ruin football: La Liga president Tebas

The Hindu  

The La Liga president Javier Tebas said that the attempt to have the breakaway European Super League is a unique opportunity to ruin football and the reforms agreed for the UEFA Champions League is the way ahead. READ | "I have always maintained that the concept of European Super League was a unique opportunity to ruin football. The English clubs …

European Super League: 'Absolutely necessary', Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintains support for tournament
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: 'Absolutely necessary', Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintains support for tournament

Firstpost  

The Super League was announced by a dozen top clubs in Europe but quickly collapsed and is now officially backed only by Barcelona and Real Madrid. Barcelona: Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintained his support for the Super League on Thursday despite the quick exit of 10 of the 12 founding clubs in the breakaway competition. “We defend our national leagues …

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