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Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed the clubs that have so far agreed to join the new Super League format
The Superliga is taking on more and more realistic shapes after the European Court of Justice’s decision in December. Recently, representatives of the project announced that twenty clubs have already agreed to the new format. Barcelona president Joan Laporta then made most of them public in an interview yesterday.
The Super League is taking on more and more realistic shapes after the European Court of Justice’s decision in December. Recently, representatives of the project announced that twenty clubs have already agreed to the new format. Barcelona president Joan Laporta then made most of them public in an interview yesterday.
Super League is back!
In 2021, the European big clubs announced the creation of a new competition, but in the football world the announcement drew a huge wave of criticism across the professional community. Most of the clubs involved pulled out. However, while the project has been on the back burner for some time, the events of recent months suggest otherwise.
The voices about the return of the Super League have become louder and louder recently. This is mainly due to the decision of the European Court of Justice. In December, the court sided with the clubs, and the threatened sanctions from UEFA or FIFA against the participants in the project were therefore unjustified.
The competition has been practically given the green light and the project’s representatives have come up with a new coat. They announced a completely new format of the competition, which should have a total of 64 teams in three league levels. What’s more, they have already approached around fifty teams, twenty of which have reportedly given their consent.
Joan Laporta has published the clubs that have already given their approval to the project
The president of Barcelona and one of the founders of the project, Joan Laporta, then hinted in a recent interview that the launch of the competition is already knocking on the door. According to him, it could start as early as next season, or possibly a year later. He also disclosed the clubs that have already given their approval to the competition.
“Apart from Barca and Madrid, the Italians will be there: Inter, AC Milan, Napoli and AS Roma, ” he told the RAC1 radio station. “Also French teams like Olympique Marseille and three Portuguese teams, Sporting, Benfica and Porto, who would also like to come.”
“Then there are the Dutch teams (Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV) and from Belgium Brugge and Anderlecht. Plus all the teams from La Liga, except Atlético Madrid,” he finished the list of published clubs.
As can be seen from his statement, English clubs still do not agree to enter such a competition. And he offers a reason why this is so. “Whether the English come or not, I don’t care. They already have the Super League with their Premier League.”
Laporta thus believes that the above list of clubs would represent equal competition with the top of British football’s top competition. He did not forget to take a dig at the European governing body UEFA.
“Players, agents, UEFA and state clubs are getting rich. They play where they want while the clubs are destroying us. We are not getting enough from Europe’s top competition. Super League means you put €100 million on the table for a club just to compete in the competition, at least. And you don’t even get that for winning the Champions League,” Laporta added.
Source: RAC 1, X
