Top clubs plan Superliga, UEFA reacts with threats

Juventus, Inter, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid – well-known names from the international football business have campaigned for inclusion in the Superliga in the past. Negotiations and planning are apparently already taking place behind the scenes, which UEFA greatly dislikes and has forced the association to react. 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. Once again it's about money According to the AP news agency, the plans for the Super League include 15 permanent members, plus five more teams. A total of 15 billion euros should initially be available for the 3,5 founding clubs, of which the top six should each receive 350 million euros. German football is also against a super league. Christian Seifert, managing director of the German Football League, pledged support to UEFA on Sunday evening. “The economic interests of a few top clubs in England, Italy and Spain must not result in the abolition of established structures throughout European football,” said Seifert. “It would be particularly irresponsible to irreparably damage the national leagues as the basis of European professional football in this way.” Both FC Bayern and Dortmund are not interested in participating. Also fans against the Superliga There was sharp criticism from the European fan network Football Supporters Europe (FSE). “This closed competition will be the final nail in the coffin of European football, destroying everything that has made it so popular and successful,” it said in a statement on Sunday. “These plans are fundamentally illegitimate, irresponsible and anti-competitive. More than that, they are driven solely by greed.”

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Top clubs plan Superliga, UEFA reacts with threats

Things are simmering in European football. According to UEFA, some top clubs from Italy, England and Spain are planning to start a Superliga, i.e. an international league apart from the Champions and Europa Leagues.

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