Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Uefa has held off the threat by signing 'a memorandum of understanding' which expires in 2024. 'European Super League' or new-look Champions ... but any current manoeuvres could simply all be part of attempts to put pressure on UEFA with a revamp of the Champions League set for 2024… ... (which is why we'll likely get four more Champions League group stage games in 2024… In 2018, Football Leaks claimed that there had been undercover talks about the creation of a new continental club competition, the European Super League, from 2021. The FSA is in the process of making fans across the country aware of the consequences of recent developments and will be organising protests at grounds during the autumn. - Tribuna.com. "If he moves to Madrid, I am really happy for him. “I value very much this opportunity to clarify that there has never been a concept of European Super League considered by Uefa in the notion you describe of a competition reserved to a handful of powerful clubs selected on the basis of their history/brand/renown, cutting themselves off the rest of the system,” the letter says. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. European Club … The Premier League didn't comment but is believed to share UEFA's view that the top clubs are trying to gain leverage ahead of talks on the proposed changes to the Champions League format from 2024. Has reportedly told team-mates he wants to quit Spurs after falling behind Kyle Walker-Peters and Juan Foyth in the pecking order. Now in talks with Bayern Munich. The president of the France Football Federation, Noël Le Graët, has expressed firm opposition. It was first approved by the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2018. The new Champions League proposals were also condemned by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, after a meeting with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, in advance of the Women’s World Cup which kicks off in France on Friday. It is clear that this European Super League needs a new body to regulate it, set rules, referees and so on. Combined opposition from the Premier League and Bundesliga will block the plans developed by the European Club Association for a new “super league” in 2024… Real Madrid are reportedly among the founding members of the new competition backed by Juve's president Andrea Agnelli. Now where have we heard that before ... ? De plannen voor de invoering van een Europese Super League zijn nog niet in de prullenbak verdwenen. PUBLISHED: 06:59, Fri, Dec 11, 2020 ... with rumours of a European Super League refusing to go away. Speaking as world football’s associations and confederations gathered for Wednesday’s Fifa congress in Paris, Reinhard Rauball, who is also president of Borussia Dortmund and vice-president of the German Football Association, said that the ECA proposals could “destroy” national leagues. This article is more than 2 months old. Uefa is already committed to reform of its club competitions from 2024. In Europe we have a traditional football pyramid, and in Germany we have the [Bundesliga] league with the highest attendances [in Europe], more than 42,000 average, and that has been developed step by step. 'European Super League' or new-look Champions League -- what does the future hold? plans developed by the European Club Association, financial dominance of the Premier League, called for an expansion of the Champions League. According to documents released by Der Spiegel, 11 elite European teams could break off and form their own separate 'Super League' by 2021 Reinhard Rauball says national leagues should remain of primary importance. The chief executive and chairman roles have remained vacant since the retirement of Richard Scudamore last year. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Embed from Getty Images. Missed Arsenal's opening match of the season because of security concerns and there is a chance he will move to DC United, to replace Wayne Rooney. Manchester United are desperate to keep him but Real Madrid may make a move before the end of the window. President of … “Obviously there have been things said, but only time will tell.”, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}, How Uefa plan to bring in a European Super League by the back door, Man Utd, Newcastle and the fight for English football’s soul, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. From 2024 the competition will have 32 teams in four groups of eight. The UEFA head maintained that the Real Madrid president who continually advocates a breakaway Super League is thinking only in the short term. The plans – principally worked up by the ECA, whose president, the Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, called for an expansion of the Champions League last year – are for more group stage matches by having four groups of eight clubs, and a system of promotion and relegation with the Europa League which would leave 24 clubs remaining in the Champions League at the end of each season. Of course, it was the prominent teams in Europe … "This is the start of a journey that will see further and deep engagement with all professional game stakeholders, prior to reaching any formal decisions." That plan was finally rejected and UEFA, in order to avoid the creation of a Super League, made changes to the structure of the UEFA Champions League. “People are saying: ‘Let’s take the problem and cool it down,’” he said. The specter of a European Super League starting in 2021 has come and gone, but we already know that it will be back up for discussion for the three-year European competition cycle starting in 2024. Man Utd and Liverpool spearheading European Super League from 2022. Could leave this summer. The new proposals, backed by FIFA, would see the creation of a new European competition as soon as the end of next season . Surely a European Super League would gut the Champions League. Plans for a European Super League has caused division between richer and poorer clubs, who are also divided on Fifa’s new Club World Cup that will be launched in 2021. Supposedly. Five English clubs, including Chelsea and Manchester City, are among 11 so-called founding members in a proposal for a European Super League, according to Der Spiegel “I don’t want to participate in anything that in any way harms that experience both from a Liverpool supporter’s point of view and also in terms of the primacy of English football.”. “I am the president of the German league and president of Borussia Dortmund; our league, the Bundesliga, decided 100% that we don’t go this way with the ECA,” Rauball said. Had talks with Manchester United. The concern is that 24 sides will retain their Champions League places each season regardless of their performances at home. "We have now launched the process to develop a vision for the future of UEFA Club Competitions post-2024," Agnelli said. Could yet leave Ajax but now looks more likely to stay. The Croatia international is a target for various Italian clubs although Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director Fredi Bobic said this week the club are yet to recieve any offer. Liverpool are almost certain to be given a slot even if they have a dreadful campaign. Napoli were in talks but couldn't finance a move. Real Madrid are desperate to offload him. Manchester United and Liverpool are in talks to spearhead the creation of a new European Super League. There have been rumours about the prospect of a European Super League in recent years, but it is starting to become a reality. Real Madrid are desperate to offload the 30-year-old but have had difficulty in finding a suitor, particularly after Florentino Pérez pulled the plug on a cut-price move to the Chinese Super League. This is what you need to know, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Aleksander Ceferin, the Uefa president, has told a fans’ group that “a closed [European] Super League is simply not possible with us.”. It's probably not a coincidence that reports of a breakaway European Super League resurfaced just as the Champions League returns. It has not yet been decided how the other four slots will be filled but it is likely that a pre-tournament knockout phase will take place between teams who performed well in their domestic league. The financial rewards available in the new system will put that position to the test. "The UEFA president has made it clear on many occasions that UEFA strongly opposes a Super League. Recently stripped of the No.9 shirt and in talks with a number of clubs. Speaking on the Champions League, Ceferin stated that the current format of the competition would remain as it is through to 2024 and was optimistic that the roll-out of … Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. One source cast doubt on the prospect of a successful launch of the European Premier League without UEFA's backing, particularly before 2024, when the existing Champions' League … Uefa is considering substantive changes to the format of the Champions League. European clubs leader Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says talks are planned with UEFA that should block a breakaway Super League until 2024. European clubs are set for fresh talks with UEFA that should block a breakaway Super League until at least 2024. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Shareholders are set to sit down this week in Geneva at the European Club Association (ECA) and discuss a range of issues for the first time this season, with the proposals to significantly change the European calendar one of the key topics on the agenda. Liverpool's fourth-choice centre-back now looks destined to leave the club. Another player linked with Real Madrid. - Tribuna.com. The European Super League has ... new legislation which protects the current system involving European competitions along with the structure of domestic European top-tiers until the year 2024. It is a fundamental shift that undermines the importance of the domestic game. “We have to make clear that the national league is most important. 2:54pm on Tuesday 20th October 2020 By Martin Macdonald. European success may play a part, too. Promotion and relegation will continue to exist in European competition but the degree of difficulty required for clubs to reach and become a regular member of the Champions League elite 24 make rising to the top extremely unlikely. After the Premier League annual general meeting in June, representatives of the Big Six flew to Malta to attend an ECA meeting and express England’s objections to Uefa’s plans. Klopp speaks of his 'relief' after Liverpool's Champions League win. According to a report in the Sun, UEFA … The lawyer said that Uefa has no plans to sanction a division comprised of the game’s richest clubs insulated from relegation. Had talks with various clubs before signing a new long-term contract with Ajax this week. Last year, UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA) put forward a plan to turn the Champions League into a semi-closed competition from 2024 onwards. Paris Saint-Germain are interested in the 20-year-old and could make a move before their September transfer deadline. The UEFA Europa Conference League will be the third UEFA club competition and run alongside both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. United are reportedly among founding members for the new grand competition advanced by Juve's president Andrea Agnelli. He did acknowledge, however, that some reform may be needed to the Champions League format when the current agreed football calendar concludes in 2024. Due to the postponement and … “Any Super League of 10, 12, 24 clubs will become boring,” UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said in August. The ECA, having met such widespread opposition to its plans – which the ECA has not yet publicly confirmed, issuing only a set of “principles” – is holding a special general assembly of member clubs in Malta on Thursday or Friday this week to further discuss them. But the 29-nation European Leagues group says proposals include no promotion or relegation between the Champions League and Europa League from 2024… Barcelona are exploring a loan deal for Neymar, in order to bring him in this summer before a permanent move. The English transfer window may have closed but a number of big money players could still switch clubs this month. Talk of a European Super League has been intense for several years, with clubs including Arsenal and Chelsea … In an interview last week Liverpool’s chairman and co-owner Tom Werner was unequivocal about his club’s stance. Real Madrid are reportedly among the founding members of the new competition backed by Juve's president Andrea Agnelli. Will sit down for talks with Spurs this month after a move away failed to materalise. Here are the 20 European transfer sagas you need to be aware of. Arsenal and Tottenham both investigated the possibility of signing the Brazilian on loan. The bottom two sides in each group will be relegated with four of the clubs replaced by the Europa League semi-finalists. The European Super League could come into force in 2024 and replace the Champions League, but would face severe opposition from the likes of the Premier League and FA. Two weeks after UEFA and the European Club Association agreed on Champions League entry slots and prize money models through 2021, both sides said on Tuesday that negotiations for the next three-year cycle will start within months. Ceferin is correct to say that it will not create a closed league. After that, sixteen clubs plan to detach themselves from their national leagues to join the continental one. If you make a pyramid like the ECA, we would destroy all the clubs and that is what is dangerous. The criteria for awarding the 32 places in the revamped Champions League has not been decided but it is likely to be a combination of league performances in the previous four seasons. From 2024 the competition will have 32 teams in four groups of eight. Perez Pushes For European Super League At Real Madrid AGM December 20, 2020 22:21 The Real Madrid president said reform is needed to combat … UEFA is already involved in talks about potential adjustments to the Champions League format and qualification path from 2024 and strongly resists breakaway threats. I think he deserves it," former team-mate Frenkie de Jong said this week. UEFA had previously held discussions about making sweeping changes to the Champions League format starting from the 2024-25 season, with Europe's elite clubs said to … The European Super League pretty clearly is not good for the game; yes it may be good for a select few clubs, whose revenues will soar, but it is the other clubs and football fans who will suffer. Football's world governing body FIFA are keen to develop a new format involving 18 teams, with games being played during the regular European season. There have been a number of different proposals mooted, with European Club Association President Andrea Agnelli pushing a format where teams would be split into groups of eight and therefor play 14 matches in the group stage. Came close to signing for Tottenham Hotspur. History. European Super League 2024 Super League Greece, European Leagues European Club Association boss admits plan for European Premier League to torpedo proposals to play Champions League Champions League: How Uefa plan to replace tournament by the European Super League project creates tension in European PSG v Manchester City - European Super League - YouTube A European Super League … Rauball said of the ECA proposals, which were presented by Uefa to the European Leagues organisation this month and met outspoken opposition: “This is a typical American kind of competition, a kind of closed shop. The latest battle has been over how the Champions League will be reformatted come 2024. His transfer fee would almost certainly surpass the £71.6m Chelsea paid for Kepa. A breakaway European Super League would harm the culture of English football, says a senior UK government source. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. However, it will be extremely difficult for teams outside the gilded circle to force their way into the Champions League. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Within Uefa there is widespread satisfaction with the Champions League’s popularity and commercial success – the president, Aleksander Ceferin, said there had been 900,000 applications for final tickets – but widely held concerns at the automatic qualification of four clubs from Europe’s top four leagues, and at the financial dominance of the Premier League. UEFA.com is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. “Even if your club does not belong to the so-called elite, please never forget that you enjoy a situation of privilege if you compare to most part of Europe as the UK is a leading market offering football top class infrastructure and significant financial resources,” he writes. Various models as to how that could work have been explored. The 51-year-old replied to the Middlesbrough Supporters Forum last month after Chris Joseph, the chairman, wrote to the Slovenian in his native language to express their concerns about potential changes to the European game. John W Henry, Werner’s fellow owner, never made it to the island and the English clubs’ opposition to the changes was, at best, lukewarm. At a time when the domestic game needs strong direction, the main leadership positions are still empty. 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