The competition, which will be chaired by Real Madrid owner Florentino Pérez, was made official despite threats from FIFA and UEFA.
In Europe, twelve major clubs have teamed up to create a tournament to be played from August next year, regardless of threats from FIFA and UEFA, Who tried to avoid the announcement of the new championship, which will be chaired by Florentino Perez, also head of Real Madrid, one of the participants. The new contest will be called “The Super League”.
In the championship, according to the page of the Tottenham of the Premier League, are considered founding clubs in the “AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Athletic of Madrid, Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona, FC Internazionale Milano, Juventus FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid CF. and Tottenham Hotspur “. It has been thought that three clubs will join before the opening season.
UEFA threats ensured that any player who played in the tournament could no longer participate in FIFA or UEFA competitions., In addition to which sanctions were mentioned for the clubs involved.
The Tottenham website explains that the tournament will be played with 20 teams, divided into groups of 10 clubs, in addition to 15 will have a fixed position, In addition to five will be able to qualify for the competition each year.
The teams involved, represented by Florentino Pérez, will continue in their domestic competitions and will only play matches during the week, in the tournament that is outside the authority of UEFA and FIFA.
The Tottenham document states that each founding club will receive 3.5 billion euros, for its commitment, And higher revenues are secured than those currently received in European competitions.
“We will help football at all levels and take it to its rightful place in the world. Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is respond to their wishes, “Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said in the announcement of the founding of The Super League.