Rome, April 19, 2021 – The announcement of the birth of the Superleg europea of football, wanted by 12 prestigious clubs, was welcomed by a chorus of no. From Fifa to Uefa, from Lega Serie A to the federations of Spain and England, the answer was: “We will take into consideration all the measures available to us, at all levels, both judicial and sporting, in order to prevent this from happening” . With a possible claim for damages of 50 billion around the corner.
In the future, the Founding Clubs of the Super League hope to start consultations with Uefa and Fifa “in order to work together and cooperate to achieve the best possible results for the new League and for football as a whole”. But it does not appear that the project can find approvals, but only lawsuits in court. The signatory clubs are: AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona, FC Internazionale Milano, Juventus FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid CF e Tottenham Hotspur.
Macron and BoJo
Even the European leaders are against it. On the flight of the 12 the French president Emmanuel Macron and the British premier Boris Johnson they expressed strong opposition. BoJo tweeted: “The plans for a European SuperLeague would be very damaging to football, we support the football authorities in their actions.” Adding: “The clubs involved need to respond to their fans and the wider football community before taking any further steps.” From the Elysée the same tones: “France will support all the steps that will be taken by Uefa, Fifa, the French football league and federation to protect the integrity of federal competitions, both national and European”. “We must defend a European model driven by values and based on diversity and inclusion. There is no room for it to be reserved for a few rich and powerful clubs who want close ties to everything the associations stand for: national leagues, promotions and relegations and support for grassroots amateur football. Universality, inclusion and diversity are key elements of European sport and of our European lifestyle “, is the tweet of the vice president of the EU Commission, Margaritis Schinas.
Bayern does not want
Outside the project, however, there would be two great clubs like PSG e Bayern Monaco, who confirmed their loyalty to UEFA. The Germans were the first to press for a harsh reaction from the European Football Association. According to the Ansa agency, the ceo of the Bavaesi, Rummenigge, he would have anticipated to the president of UEFA, Ceferin, the upcoming project and the ‘traitors’.
What they risk
UEFA threatened to exclude clubs from any competition and of ban players to respond to the calls of the national teams. The statement (together with the FIGC, Lega Serie A, Liga, Premier League and the federations of Spain and England) reads: “We will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, we will take into consideration all the measures available to us, at all levels, both judicial and sporting, in order to prevent this from happening. This persistent personal interest of a few has been going on for too long. And the lunge: “As previously announced by FIFA and the six Federations, affected clubs will be banned from playing in any other competition at national, European or global level, and their players may be denied the opportunity to represent their teams. national “.
Serie A League meeting
In the late afternoon today a Serie A League meeting is scheduled on the birth of the Super League, which also concerns 3 major Italian clubs: Juventus, Inter and Milan. Giovanni Carnevali, CEO of Sassuolo, confirms the summit: “It is an initiative that was brewing. This afternoon there is a meeting in the League and we hope that the rights concerned explain well what we mean for Superlega. We don’t like what we’ve heard so far. These teams that join the project have a great responsibility, risk killing our league national team “. To the microphones of ‘Radio Anch’io Sport’ on RadioUno lad of the neroverde mareizzato club:” In the League there is great conflict over everything, on investment funds, on TV rights, there were also seven companies that have disheartened Dal Pino and there is also talk of a request for damages. Now all this can have an explanation we are not doing anything good, we are in a moment of great difficulty, we have lost a lot of time behind the study of investment funds and today we understand that there was a completely different project. We probably have been teased, there was no clarity. We should be more honest among ourselves “.
On newspaper
The Superlega news is at the opening of the front pages of sports newspapers. “Superlega? Super NO”, the Gazzetta dello Sport. While Tuttosport headline: “Are you crazy? The Super League kills football”. The Corriere dello Sport no less: “Super League, Uefa to war”. IS Dazn shrugs: “We have nothing to do with it.” On the same line the international press: “The War of the Rich”, writes the French sports newspaper Team. The first to break the news was the New York Times, where we read: “If the agreement were to be realized, it would upset the structures, the economy and the relationships that have held global football together for almost a century”. For the Daily Mail the project “represents a telluric movement that has triggered a war in sport”. He also talks about an earthquake The world. “Reasons and dangers of the Superliga, Is a world championship possible without Messi? Would Adidas allow it?”, Is the question he poses to the readers. The world. The German weekly time in unìanalysis headline: “The revolt of the super-rich”.
Jp Morgan funds clubs
The British newspaper The Indipendent hypothesizes a sort of “point of no return”, a act of war of the great sporting business of the United States. “We are preparing for a huge legal battle: but the leaders of world football agree in the belief that in essence this is an American ‘takeover’ on the most popular sport in the world, the result of the unbridled greed of Capitalism Usa “. A spokesperson for the JP Morgan confirmed to Reuters news agency that the US investment bank is involved in financing the Super League project.
Dazn
Dazn, brought up by someone, with a precise note: “Dazn specifies that neither the Company nor Mr. Blavatnik are in any way involved or interested in entering into discussions relating to the establishment of a SuperLeague and that no conversation in this direction has taken place.”
Juve flies on the stock market
Juventus, after the announcement of the Super League, is flying on the stock market. The Juventus title opens up by 8.54% to € 0.83.
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