the UEFA launched a strong threat against clubs that decide to participate in a “Superliga“private and reaffirmed this Sunday that it will exclude players and teams from competitions at the club and national team level involved in the issue. All as a reaction to new speculation about this hypothetical tournament of an elite which would enter into rivalry with the UEFA Champions League, the reform is made official on Monday.
“Some English, Spanish and Italian clubs may plan to announce the creation of a so-called Super League,” the UEFA in a statement, calling the project “cynical.”
“If this were to happen we would like to reiterate that we -UEFA, English FA, RFEF, FIGC, Premier League, Laliga, Lega Serie A and also FIFA will stay together to stop this cynical project”.
UEFA, the English Football Association, the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), LaLiga, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and the Lega Serie A have issued a statement today.
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– UEFA (@UEFA) April 18, 2021
the UEFA and the FIFA they were already firm in January in the face of a similar rumor, but this Sunday they were emphatic in the decisions they will make if it is made this European League that contemplates only the best equipment of the most important Leagues. In this sense, clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester United or Juventus.
“As previously announced by FIFA and the Federations, the clubs involved they will be vetoed to participate in any other competition at the national, European or world level, and their players could see denied the possibility of representing theirs national teams“.
The exclusion with which they threaten would have very important consequences, since the clubs that would theoretically participate in this Super League are full of international stars, for whom being deprived of their selections would be a blow.
It remains to be seen whether such a measure would comply with European competition law, Which portends a legal battle if the conflict really arises, AFP said.
The statement of the UEFA this Sunday comes when the organization plans to meet Monday at its Executive Committee to approve a profound reform of the UEFA Champions League, with which it tries to cut by root the possibility of this one Superliga.
In the end they will leave the “five o’clock bar”, the “underground”, the “gurus” of the superpower league of “powerpint”, intoxicated with selfishness and insolidarity. the @UEFAcom i @EuropeanLeagues i @laliga we have been working for some time now and they will have their due response. pic.twitter.com/M5bUTaXKmG
– Javier Tebas Medrano (@Tebasjavier) April 18, 2021
Why did UEFA publish its statement?
Several media outlets published this Sunday the possible officialization of a project of Superliga, An issue that arises and disappears periodically in European football for a long time and that it is often used by big clubs for different interests.
According to the New York Times, giants like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Juventus i Milan are concerned by the project and at least twelve teams in total have “signed up to be founding members or have expressed interest”.
the UEFA he thanked the rest of the French and German clubs, “who have refused to commit in this way.”
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