European Leagues say they were not consulted on rebranded Super League
4 days, 2 hours 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 more competitive than UEFA’s current club competitions. “The A22’s competition model, which is not requested and unsubstantiated, would increase the number of international matches in an already congested calendar,” the European Leagues added. “European Leagues and FIFPro Europe have asked the European Commission to ensure that no decision can be made about the International Match Calendar without the formal agreement of domestic leagues and player unions.” It added that they will continue to work with relevant stakeholders to “maintain a complementary and sustainable balance between domestic and international football.”

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Revamped Super League asks for FIFA, UEFA recognition
6 days, 4 hours 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 …

Return of the European Super League: '60 top clubs ready to sign up - with English teams expected to be willing to join' in revival of controversial plans which sparked mass protests in 2021
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Return of the European Super League: '60 top clubs ready to sign up - with English teams expected to be willing to join' in revival of controversial plans which sparked mass protests in 2021

Daily Mail  

European football risks another identity crisis with roughly 60 clubs reportedly willing to take part in a renewed push to establish a Super League. Roughly 60 clubs are ready to sign up to a renewed European Super League plan, a report claims Several top Premier League sides are said to be keen, though it is not revealed who Fans reacted …

The new Champions League sets up a high-stakes game in football’s ‘turning point’
3 months ago

The new Champions League sets up a high-stakes game in football’s ‘turning point’

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. The modern Champions League has shown that question doesn’t really warrant proper …

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
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Miguel Delaney answers your football questions as plans for European Super League are revived
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

The fear behind Champions League’s ‘turning point’ and football’s trepidation in 2024
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The fear behind Champions League’s ‘turning point’ and football’s trepidation in 2024

The Independent  

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Uefa hits back at European Super League after European Court of Justice ruling
11 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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European Super League verdict explained: Teams involved and everything you need to know after court ruling
1 year ago

European Super League verdict explained: Teams involved and everything you need to know after court 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. First launched in 2021, the European Super League proposed a breakaway competition …

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  

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. The Grand Chamber of the ECJ had been debating whether Uefa and …

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  

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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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After ECJ’s ruling, is the European Super League really back?
1 year ago

After ECJ’s ruling, is the European Super League really back?

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. The Super League is still subject to Uefa’s authorisation rules and procedures …

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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Despite top court ruling, European Super League receives setback as top clubs remain ‘committed’ to UEFA
1 year ago

Despite top court ruling, European Super League receives setback as top clubs remain ‘committed’ to UEFA

Hindustan Times  

The European Super League received a massive boost from the European Court of Justice on Thursday after it blocked UEFA, FIFA from preventing the formation of a breakaway competition. We remain fully committed to participation in UEFA competitions, and to positive cooperation with UEFA, the Premier League, and fellow clubs through the ECA on the continued development of the European …

European Super League releases new tournament format after European Court of Justice ruling blocks UEFA, FIFA
1 year ago

European Super League releases new tournament format after European Court of Justice ruling blocks UEFA, FIFA

Hindustan Times  

In what turned out to be a huge boost for the European Super League on Thursday, the European Court of Justice stopped UEFA and FIFA from blocking the breakaway competition. Florentino Perez is leading the European Super League project. A22, a sports development company, which was made to assist the ESL, stated, "Participating clubs stay in their domestic leagues which …

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin insists they WON'T 'try to stop' the European Super League, before urging the breakaway competition to go ahead with their plans... as he insists 'football is not for
1 year ago

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin insists they WON'T 'try to stop' the European Super League, before urging the breakaway competition to go ahead with their plans... as he insists 'football is not for

Daily Mail  

Chris Sutton says Jurgen Klopp IS right to call out his own fans - It's All Kicking Off UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said they wouldn't attempt to stop the plans The European Super League announced its proposed new structure on Thursday UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has spoken out on the proposed new plans for the European Super League. Aleksander Ceferin …

European Super League: Free viewing for fans, says Sports development company A22
1 year ago

European Super League: Free viewing for fans, says Sports development company A22

The Hindu  

Sports development company A22, which was formed to assist with creating football’s European Super League, proposed a new competition on Thursday with 64 men’s and 32 women’s teams playing midweek matches in a league system across Europe. During a presentation aired on YouTube, A22 CEO Bernd Reichart declined to name any clubs that could become part of the new league …

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

Manchester United lead clubs’ rejection of 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 Manchester United have said that they remain “fully …

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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European Court of Justice rules FIFA, UEFA breached EU Law over Super League ban
1 year ago

European Court of Justice rules FIFA, UEFA breached EU Law over Super League ban

Hindustan Times  

The European Court of Justice on Thursday gave a huge boost to the Super League project, by passing a landmark ruling that UEFA and FIFA contravened EU laws by preventing the formation for Florentino Perez' pet project. When the news first developed, it received widespread protests from angry fans and UEFA even threatened sanctions if the clubs went ahead with …

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 …

New European football body launched to give voice to smaller clubs
1 year, 7 months ago

New European football body launched to give voice to smaller clubs

The Hindu  

A new group aiming to represent the interests of European football clubs outside the global elite launched in Brussels on Monday, seeking greater distribution of funds to smaller clubs and open and more balanced European competition. The Union of European Clubs said some 1,400 professional clubs were not taking part in European competitions and had no voice in decisions taken …

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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 …

New European Super League plans feature 80 clubs
1 year, 10 months ago

New European Super League plans feature 80 clubs

Daily Mail  

Revised plans for a European Super League would see up to 80 teams involved but no permanent members as organisers brace for another battle with UEFA. New plans for a European Super League have been revealed after the failed attempt to launch a breakaway competition in April 2021, which sparked huge protests from supporters Bernd Reichart, head of the company …

European Super League tournament poses no threat to Premier League supremacy
1 year, 10 months ago

European Super League tournament poses no threat to Premier League supremacy

The Telegraph  

The Premier League believes a fresh declaration of war from European Super League rebels will pose no threat to their financial supremacy in the global game after a proposal for a new breakaway competition was launched on Thursday. A key factor in A22’s pitch to clubs around Europe is that the Premier League’s financial power has made it impossible for …

Joan Laporta predicts European Super League will launch in next two years
1 year, 11 months 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 …

Explained: ECJ Super League view is a big blow to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus
2 years ago

Explained: ECJ Super League view is a big blow to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus

New York Times  

There must be something about December 15 and seismic legal moments in European football’s little world. Twelve clubs from England, Spain and Italy had come together to say enough was enough, they would be launching their own European Super League to rival UEFA’s Champions League. “UEFA warmly welcomes today’s unequivocal opinion recommending a ruling of the in support of our …

Nasser Al Khelaifi: ESL backers trying to ‘rewrite history and divide football’
2 years, 1 month ago

Nasser Al Khelaifi: ESL backers trying to ‘rewrite history and divide 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 backers of the European Super League are …

UEFA gathers European team to oppose Super League at meeting
2 years, 1 month 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 …

UEFA goes on the attack after talks with European Super League proponents A22
2 years, 1 month ago

UEFA goes on the attack after talks with European Super League proponents A22

New York Times  

It was at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon on Tuesday that the antagonists intent on reforming European football discovered what they were up against. A22, a “private commercial venture” formed last month to create a European super league with the apparent backing of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, went into the lions’ den and came out bleeding. “Free speech and the …

Super League clubs face UEFA in soccer’s big legal match
2 years, 5 months ago

Super League clubs face UEFA in soccer’s big legal match

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A group of top soccer clubs face Champions League organizer UEFA in court on Monday for a legal match that risks the biggest upheaval in European soccer for more than 25 years. The Super League project failed at launch 15 months ago but the company formed by the 12 rebel clubs — now led by Real Madrid, Barcelona …

New European soccer clubs’ group gives voice to less wealthy
2 years, 5 months ago

New European soccer clubs’ group gives voice to less wealthy

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A new group for European clubs feeling isolated in soccer politics dominated by wealthy rivals was announced Wednesday. The Union of European Clubs is being created after an intense 18 months of debate and decisions on reforming UEFA competitions like the Champions League plus the failed Super League project that rocked the industry. Though the breakaway collapsed within …

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 | …

Is the Premier League the real European Super League?
2 years, 7 months ago

Is the Premier League the real European Super League?

New York Times  

Ten years ago, Sir Alex Ferguson walked out of a press conference after a journalist asked him a question he did not like. “Based on the average Euro Club Index of their top 18 clubs, the Premier League and La Liga have usually been the top two leagues in Europe since we launched it in 2007,” says Gleave. “The Premier …

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, …

ECA, UEFA Joint Venture Better for European Clubs Than Super League, Says Nasser Al-Khelaifi
2 years, 8 months ago

ECA, UEFA Joint Venture Better for European Clubs Than Super League, Says Nasser Al-Khelaifi

News 18  

European clubs have heightened influence and affluence thanks to the joint venture between UEFA and the European Club Association, ECA chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said in an address to its General Assembly in Vienna on Monday. ”For the first time ever, UEFA and ECA have worked jointly to conduct an open and competitive tender to manage the sales process for men’s …

European Super League-type breakaway competitions opposed by EU lawmakers
3 years, 1 month ago

European Super League-type breakaway competitions opposed by EU lawmakers

The Hindu  

European lawmakers voted their opposition to breakaway competitions on Tuesday following the aborted Super League project. Some of Europe’s biggest football clubs wanted to break away from the Champions League and run their own competition called the European Super League, but it quickly collapsed upon launch in April following protests by fans and governments. EU lawmakers opposed breakaway competitions “that …

Juve's Agnelli takes aim at Champions League in another call for change
3 years, 1 month ago

Juve's Agnelli takes aim at Champions League in another call for change

The Hindu  

Juventus chairman and founder of the proposed European Super League Andrea Agnelli said on Friday that he "challenges anyone" to say that current system of professional football is satisfactory, as he again called for reform. Nine rebel clubs who had quickly pulled out of the breakaway, including Manchester United and Liverpool, agreed to pay a combined 22 million pounds to …

European club body opposes biennial World Cup plans
3 years, 3 months ago

European club body opposes biennial World Cup plans

The Hindu  

European Leagues, the body representing professional club competitions on the continent, has firmly and unanimously opposed any proposals to stage the World Cup every two years. European Leagues is the latest among a number of stakeholders in the game who have expressed concerns over FIFA's plans for a biennial World Cup. FIFA, acting on a suggestion made by the Saudi …

The dirty dozen: How the European Super League lost steam
3 years, 7 months ago

The dirty dozen: How the European Super League lost steam

The Hindu  

In an already tumultuous world, the announcement of 12 top European clubs to cut their umbilical link to the game and their fans to open an invitation-only, exclusive rich-boys club — the European Super League — on April 18 sent the football world in even more despair. TIMELINE - A dramatic rise and swift fall of the European Super League …

The Hindu Explains | Why did plans for a European Super League collapse in just 48 hours?
3 years, 7 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 …

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