Italian clubs are also relegated from the Superliga

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Juventus, Milan and Inter, the three Italian clubs among the twelve founders of the European Super League, have announced this Wednesday their resignation from the current competition project, recognizing that at the moment there are no conditions to carry it out with the format intended.

If Inter and Milan were forceful in their statements, by justifying the decision in their “commitment” to the fans, very opposed to the project, Juventus admitted that his resignation was forced by the abandonment of other founding partners.

After the revolution led on Tuesday in England, With the resignation of the six clubs participants, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur the Italian branch also began to throw in the towel.

Inter Milan, Who had already leaked his serious doubts last morning, he was the first to announce his position: “FC Internazionale Milà confirms that the Club is no longer part of the Superliga project”, his official note stated.

“We are always committed to giving fans the best football experience, innovation and inclusion have been part of our DNA since we were born. Our commitment to stakeholders to improve football will never change,” added the “Nerazzurri” box.

The “tifosi”, the fans, were also the center of Milan’s statement, which appeared a few minutes after that of the Interists.

“We accept the invitation to participate in the Super League project with the genuine desire to create the best possible European competition for fans around the world, to defend the interests of the Clubs and our fans. Change is not easy, but evolution is necessary to grow, ”reads the official note.

“But the concerns of fans around the world regarding the Super League project were strong and clear. And our club must be attentive and sensitive to the opinion of those who love this wonderful sport,” he stressed. communiqué.

The two clubs had received strong support from the Italian sports world, expressed in particular by the sports press and coaches of several clubs excluded from the Superliga.

“It’s a stadium coup. I’d rather not play against Milan,” Roberto De Zerbi, Sassuolo’s coach, said on Tuesday, commenting on his club’s appointment this Wednesday in front of the “Rossoneri” squad .

Also some Juventus fans hung a banner on Tuesday night at the Allianz Stadium, the home of Andrea Pirlo’s squad, lamenting the club’s decision.

In the meantime, from Spain came the news of the resignation of Atletico Madrid, Which also convinced Juventus to publish an official note to recognize the impossibility of continuing with this project.

“(Juventus) emphasizes that it is aware of the request of some clubs to abandon the project (of the Superliga), although the necessary procedures provided for in the agreement between the clubs have not yet been completed,” reads the communiqué.

“In this context, Juventus, despite remaining convinced of the sporting, commercial and legal value of the project, believes that at this time has little chance of being carried out in the format in which it was intended,” the note adds.

Of course the three Italian clubs stand firm in their view that football needs to be remodeled to suit the needs of the new era.

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