Games should be free
The initiators of the Super League are counting on great support from football, while UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin scoffs at the project’s chances. “We are convinced that we will easily fill the 64,” said former “RTL” boss Bernd Reichart of the German Press Agency after the ruling of the European Court of Justice, through which the responsible sports agency “A22” sees itself strengthened. The model presented envisages a new European Cup with 64 clubs in a total of three leagues.
These 12 top clubs planned the Super League in April 2021
“We want to develop the proposal further, now the clubs can finally do it in daylight and without fear of sanctions,” said agency boss Reichart. “You can approach the proposal and help us find what makes football great again in Europe.” The ECJ ruled on Thursday that the European Football Union UEFA and the world association FIFA do not fundamentally exclude other competitions from theirs Approval may be made dependent and clubs and players may not be prohibited from taking part in these competitions
to participate. However, that does not necessarily mean that the Super League has to be approved, according to the judges.
Super League initiator: “Germany also sees competitiveness under pressure”
Both associations were calm afterwards and in some cases even felt strengthened. “It’s just before Christmas, they saw a present under the tree and started celebrating, but when they opened the box they realized there wasn’t much in it,” said UEFA boss Ceferin, commenting on the Super League’s hopes. Initiators after the verdict.
Supporters of the Super League are the Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, other club names are not known. However, numerous major teams spoke out after the ruling on Thursday and made it clear that they were not interested in a Super League – including Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham, Inter Milan, PSG, Atlético Madrid and FC Bayern. Reichert told Cope (quoted viaMarca“): “Some of the clubs that said ‘no’ today called me to explain. We say ‘no’ but we are here.”
The Bundesliga clubs had opposed competition outside UEFA in the dispute that had been going on for two and a half years. “Germany also sees its competitiveness in an international comparison under pressure, especially with the Premier League,” said Reichart. “We believe that our proposal would be a very, very good opportunity to give European, German clubs in Europe the opportunity to strengthen themselves with a second mainstay.”
A key point of the project is that the new competition should be visible to all fans in the media at no cost. “The reach that the best football could deliver would be unprecedented,” said Reichart. “That’s our bet, we’re building on it.” The fan service will be financed through advertising. In recent years, more and more subscriptions have been necessary in order to be able to fully follow the Bundesliga, the Champions League and the Europa League – there are currently four.
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