European Super League rebranded as Unify League. Here's what they propose
3 weeks, 1 day ago

European Super League rebranded as Unify League. Here's what they propose

Hindustan Times  

The group behind a proposed breakaway European soccer competition is back. Late one Sunday night in April 2021, a dozen of Europe’s biggest clubs rocked the soccer world by announcing plans to create a breakaway European Super League, which would have effectively replaced the Champions League — Europe’s elite club competition. Emboldened, A22 — formed to assist the creation and promotion of the Super League — immediately announced new proposed competitions for men and women, saying young fans are “turning away” from soccer. Part of the Premier League’s owners’ charter states that clubs “will not engage in the creation of new competition formats outside of the Premier League’s Rules” and a proposed U.K. government bill would block English teams from trying to join a breakaway league. John Hahn, co-founder of A22, said he had “not been expecting the public support of clubs at this time.” “Logically,” he said, “that will come following the official recognition of the Unify League.”

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European Leagues say they were not consulted on rebranded Super League
3 weeks ago

European Leagues say they were not consulted on rebranded Super League

The Hindu  

The European Leagues said on Thursday they were not consulted by the promoters of the proposed European Super League regarding the relaunch of the breakaway concept as the Unify League. Unlike the original plans which guaranteed the 12 clubs a place in the ESL, Sports development company A22 said the new 96-club format across four leagues would be merit-based and …

Revamped Super League asks for FIFA, UEFA recognition
3 weeks, 2 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 …

Will Premier League clubs join the new European Super League?
1 year ago

Will Premier League clubs join the new European Super League?

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. Here’s everything we know so far about the new European Super League: …

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

European Super League launches radical new plan for football

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 The European Super League have launched a radical …

Explained | What is new European Super League that has split major football clubs? All you need to know
1 year ago

Explained | What is new European Super League that has split major football clubs? All you need to know

India TV News  

European football is witnessing major turmoil since the European Court of Justice's verdict in favour of the new Super League on Thursday, December 21. The top court said that UEFA and FIFA's opposition to the Super League breached EU laws, paving the way for a new league shortly. Top Spanish football teams Real Madrid and Barcelona welcomed the court's ruling …

The Super League had its day in court and won. What is it and why do some fans and clubs object?
1 year ago

The Super League had its day in court and won. What is it and why do some fans and clubs object?

Associated Press  

MANCHESTER, England — The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Thursday that soccer’s governing bodies UEFA and FIFA acted contrary to EU competition law by blocking plans for a breakaway Super League. “We are facing a great opportunity to improve European club football.” A previous attempt to launch a Super League in 2021 collapsed when clubs backed out …

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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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 …

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 …

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 …

European Super League Q&A: What are the plans? What happens next? What about Champions League?
1 year, 11 months ago

European Super League Q&A: What are the plans? What happens next? What about Champions League?

Daily Mail  

Following the disastrous launch of the Super League project in April 2021, a revised proposal which could reshape the future of European football was revealed on Thursday morning. The 10 principles for a European Super League An open competition with several leagues based on sporting merit Clubs involved remain committed to national competitions Greater distribution of financial resources to improve …

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 …

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  

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 Late on the night of Sunday, April 18, …

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  

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. It certainly isn’t the same one as late April 2021, when Aleksander …

The Hindu Explains | Why did plans for a European Super League collapse in just 48 hours?
3 years, 8 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Why did plans for a European Super League collapse in just 48 hours?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last Sunday, 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs resolved to form The Super League, a multi-billion-dollar tournament to be largely played among a closed group of 20 teams. But UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin told the Associated Press on Friday that the Spanish and Italian teams still clinging on to the Super League risk being banned from the …

Best thing about Super League is that it did not happen, says Klopp
3 years, 8 months ago

Best thing about Super League is that it did not happen, says Klopp

The Hindu  

The most positive thing about the attempt by 12 elite clubs to form a closed European Super League is that "it did not happen", Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday, while also taking aim at UEFA for expanding the Champions League. TIMELINE - A dramatic rise and swift fall of the European Super League Liverpool was one of six …

What was behind the collapse of the European Super League?
3 years, 8 months ago

What was behind the collapse of the European Super League?

Al Jazeera  

A victory for football fans over the power of the boardroom? “I don’t think they were expecting the ferocity of the backlash from the fans,” Paul Widdop, senior lecturer in sport business at Manchester Metropolitan University, told Al Jazeera. We’re talking about more US private equity, and wildcard entry for bigger clubs.” So even if, say, Manchester City did not …

How Super League’s collapse could see game enriched in brave new world
3 years, 8 months ago

How Super League’s collapse could see game enriched in brave new world

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. “That bloody super league”, one source said, “was the tool that created …

Barcelona maintains support of Super League despite backlash
3 years, 8 months ago

Barcelona maintains support of Super League despite backlash

The Hindu  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintained his support for the Super League on Thursday despite the quick exit of 10 of the 12 founding club in the breakaway competition. The Super League, which provoked a backlash by other club, fans and authorities around Europe, was announced by a dozen top club in England, Spain and Italy on Sunday, but it quickly …

Super League founders wrong to discard sporting merit, says Ancelotti
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League founders wrong to discard sporting merit, says Ancelotti

The Hindu  

The founding members of the European Super League were wrong to form a closed competition not based on sporting merit and made a mistake by not considering the views of players, managers and fans, Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti said on Thursday. We heard about the Super League the past few months but I was sure it was not going to …

Super League backer says breakaway competition is on standby
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League backer says breakaway competition is on standby

The Hindu  

The European Super League is far from dead and its clubs have not given up on the idea of the breakaway competition despite having to shelve the project just a few days after it was announced, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez said on Thursday. He said the Super League is on “standby” and the group is open to discussing ideas …

The dramatic rise and swift fall of European Super League: A timeline of all that happened
3 years, 8 months ago

The dramatic rise and swift fall of European Super League: A timeline of all that happened

The Hindu  

Plans for a Super League of Europe's top soccer clubs, which was drawn up in secrecy over several months, stunned fans, players and politicians when news about it broke on Sunday. SUNDAY, APRIL 18 As weekend football fixtures played across Europe, Italy's Corriere dello Sport reported that a group of top European clubs was planning a breakaway Super League. The …

Super League says looking to ‘reshape’ after English clubs quit
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League says looking to ‘reshape’ after English clubs quit

The Hindu  

The breakaway European Super League, rocked by the departure of its six English clubs on Tuesday, said it would now focus on efforts to “reshape the project.” “Despite the announced departure of the English clubs, forced to take such decisions due to the pressure on them, we are convinced our proposal is fully aligned with European law and regulations,” said …

The European Super League saga contains lessons for all those involved with football
3 years, 8 months ago

The European Super League saga contains lessons for all those involved with football

The Independent  

Florentino Perez, president of Real Madrid and chair of the much-maligned European Super League, may have many virtues as a businessman, but he is a poor advocate for the new venture involving his famous old club and a number of other football enterprises. Mr Perez has said that the aim of the Super League is as lofty as seeking to …

European Super League changes everything as football reaches its point of no return
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League changes everything as football reaches its point of no return

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 So much about the Super League still remained …

European Super League: A case of greed, or brinkmanship?
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: A case of greed, or brinkmanship?

Live Mint  

On the night of 18 April, 12 of the wealthiest football clubs in the world, all from Europe, announced the formation of a new breakaway league with a statement. “Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its founding clubs,” it read. …

European Super League disbanded as six English clubs pull out - as it happened
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League disbanded as six English clubs pull out - as it happened

The Telegraph  

A controversial decision to form a breakaway European Super League was taken “to save football” and in part motivated because “young people are no longer interested” in the game, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Tuesday. Speaking for the first time since 12 top European clubs announced on Sunday that they would form a new elite league, the new …

Analysis: The breakaway European Super League is all about big money
3 years, 8 months ago

Analysis: The breakaway European Super League is all about big money

CNN  

London CNN Business — A dozen of Europe’s top soccer clubs have agreed to form a breakaway league, producing howls of indignation from the sport’s governing bodies, the elected leaders of France and Britain, and legions of their own fans. Aleksander Čeferin, president of the Union of European Football Associations, told reporters on Monday that the breakaway clubs are “fueled …

What is the European Super League: How would it work, what would it look like, and which teams would be involved?
3 years, 8 months ago

What is the European Super League: How would it work, what would it look like, and which teams would be involved?

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 The prospect of a European Super League has …

European Super League: Premier League's 14 outcasts to hold EMERGENCY talks on Tuesday
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: Premier League's 14 outcasts to hold EMERGENCY talks on Tuesday

Daily Mail  

Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs. The Founding Clubs believe the solutions proposed following these talks do not solve fundamental issues, including the need to provide higher quality matches and additional financial resources for the overall football …

European Super League: What is it, who's joining; why is FIFA, UEFA against it
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: What is it, who's joining; why is FIFA, UEFA against it

The Hindu  

Twelve of Europe's top football clubs have announced the formation of a breakaway Super League. It is anticipated three more clubs will join the breakaway group as founding members of the new midweek tournament, which organisers said would begin "as soon as practicable". READ: The top three clubs from each group would progress for the quarter-finals, with the final two …

European Super League: Start date, format, Premier League and Champions League impact and more
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: Start date, format, Premier League and Champions League impact and more

Daily Mail  

The world of football is reeling after the confirmation that 12 of the biggest clubs, spearheaded by the Premier League's 'Big Six', have signed up for a new European Super League. Players involved could be Manchester United's Paul Pogba, Mason Mount of Chelsea, Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne The Premier League's Big Six clubs have all signed up for …

European Super League: All you need to know about the breakaway football league
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: All you need to know about the breakaway football league

Firstpost  

Twelve major football clubs announced a new European Super League on Monday, breaking away from the UEFA Champions League and prompting an angry response from fans, politicians and their domestic leagues. Paris: Twelve major football clubs announced a new European Super League on Monday, breaking away from the UEFA Champions League and prompting an angry response from fans, politicians and …

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