The Italian soccer record champion Juventus Turin is apparently planning to exit the controversial Super League project.
The club informed the other two founding members, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, that it wanted to discuss a possible exit with the clubs.
The Serie A club announced this on Tuesday and at the same time denied having been threatened with sanctions by the European Football Union UEFA if it were to stick to the Super League.
Super League failed in April 2021
The top three clubs are the only remaining founding members of the Super League. The project failed in its original form in April 2021. UEFA had put up massive resistance. Of the twelve top clubs that initially sought a spin-off, nine withdrew within a few hours.
The European Super League Company had filed a lawsuit against UEFA and world governing body FIFA with a court in Madrid, which in turn had appealed to the European Court of Justice. A ruling by the ECJ in the case is expected shortly, and an expert opinion in December had strengthened UEFA’s position.
The long-standing series champions Juve only ended the past season in Italy because of a point deduction in seventh place and thus qualified for the third-rate Conference League. However, observers suspect that UEFA could still ban the Turin team because of the numerous sports law proceedings.