The UEFA launched a strong threat against clubs that decide to participate in a “Superliga“private and confirmed this Sunday that it will exclude players and teams from club and national team-level competitions involved in the issue. All in response to new speculation about that hypothetical tournament of an elite that would enter into a rivalry with the UEFA Champions League, whose reform should be made official on Monday
“Some English, Spanish and Italian clubs could announce the creation of a so-called Superliga,” the UEFA in a statement calling the project “cynical.”
Should this happen, we would like to reiterate that we – UEFA, England FA, RFEF, FIGC, Premier League, LaLiga, Lega Serie A and also FIFA will work together to stop this cynical project
UEFA, the English Football Association, the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Association (RFEF), LaLiga, the Italian Football Association (FIGC) and Lega Serie A released a statement today.
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– UEFA (@UEFA) April 18, 2021
The UEFA and the FIFA They were already determined in January before a similar rumor circulated, but this Sunday they have been emphatic in the decisions they will make if it is carried out this European competition that contains only the best teams from the main leaguesIn this sense, clubs are like Real Madrid Manchester United or Juventus.
As previously announced by FIFA and the Federations, the clubs involved they will be banned to participate in another league at national, European or world level, and your players could see denied the opportunity to represent them National teams
The exclusion they threaten would have had very important consequences ever since the clubs that theoretically would participate in that Super League are full of international stars, for which to be deprived of their selections would be a hard blow.
It remains to be seen whether such a measure is in line with European competition law., ushering in a legal battle if the conflict really does arise, AFP said.
The communiqué of the UEFA Next Sunday will come when the organization plans to meet her Executive Committee to thoroughly reform the UEFA Champions League with which it intends to reduce its possibility Superliga
Finally the “gurus” of the “power pin” super league, drunk with selfishness and lack of solidarity, will leave the “five o’clock bar” from the “underground”. The @UEFAcom Y @RTLnews Y @La Liga We have been working for a while at this point and they will get their appropriate response. pic.twitter.com/M5bUTaXKmG
– Javier Tebas Medrano (@Tebasjavier) April 18, 2021
Why has UEFA published its statement?
Various media published this Sunday the possible officialization of a project of Superliga, an issue that has been popping up periodically for a long time and disappearing again in European football and so on it is often used by the big clubs for different interests
According to the New York Times, giants love Real Madrid FC Barcelona Manchester United Manchester City Liverpool Chelsea Juventus Y Milan are concerned about the project and in total, at least 12 teams have “signed up as founding members or expressed interest”
The UEFA he thanked the rest of the French and German clubs, “who refused to commit themselves in this way”.