12 top clubs are getting serious: Superliga in the starting blocks

The league's announcement, which was initially called both the "European Super League" and "Super League" in the announcement distributed by its founding clubs, came immediately before the upcoming executive meeting of the European Football Union on Monday. UEFA wants to decide to increase the premier class from 32 to 36 participants and introduce a new mode. This should apply from the 2024/25 season. Three Serie A clubs included But the top European clubs have other plans. In addition to Liverpool, the other Premier League clubs Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur as well as the Spanish top clubs Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as well as the Italian trio Juventus, AC Milan and Inter are members of the association. Three more clubs are expected to join. The teams announced talks with UEFA and the world association FIFA. “We will help football at every level and bring it to its rightful place in the world. Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires,” Real boss Florentino Perez, who is said to be chairman, was quoted as saying. Immediately after the plans were published, FIFA sent out a statement in which, although it did not directly mention the new league, it did express its “disapproval” of any plans that violate the “fundamental principles of solidarity, inclusiveness, integrity and equal financial redistribution.” not reflect. A super league with 20 clubs is planned, with five joining via a qualification mechanism. The games are scheduled to take place during the week. Two groups of ten are planned, the winner will then be determined via knockout games. The founding associations should initially have 3,5 billion euros at their disposal. The clubs also want to make solidarity payments. The plans for a super league had already leaked on Sunday and caused great criticism. The European Football Union UEFA and the national leagues reacted a short time later with a sharp threat. UEFA announced that the clubs would be excluded from all further competitions and their players would no longer be allowed to play for national teams. The world association FIFA and the other continental associations had already announced this in the past. Bayern and PSG not involved in plans The German record champions FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund are not involved in the plans - as is the French champion Paris Saint-Germain. “We would like to thank the clubs in other countries, particularly the French and German clubs, who have refused to join in,” UEFA said in a statement on Sunday evening.

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12 top clubs are getting serious: Superliga in the starting blocks

The heavyweights of European football are getting serious. Twelve top clubs want to found a European super league as soon as possible. Several clubs such as English champions Liverpool FC announced this on Monday night. German clubs have not yet joined the alliance.

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