The project of a football Superleague, a closed competition for some of the best clubs in Europe, proposed in April 2021, “is dead”, assured UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin.
“We’re here to talk about football, and that… [a Superliga] it’s not football,” Ceferin told reporters in Argentina on Thursday, responding to comments from the new manager behind the project.
On Wednesday, A22 Sports Management company executive director Bernd Reichart said the Superliga is still standing, albeit in a different format.
Reichart said Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are discussing the creation of a European club tournament whose qualification would be based on sporting merit.
The three clubs are the only ones to continue to support the project after the other founders (Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Inter and Milan) gave up on the initiative 48 hours after the presentation. .
UEFA opposes the idea of a Superliga and has a dispute in the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) against the project.
Also on Thursday, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) announced that it will introduce fair play financial rules for clubs participating in continental tournaments from 2023.
CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez said at rallies in Buenos Aires that the move is part of a strategy to make football more competitive in the region.
On Saturday, the final of the Copa Libertadores, the most important club competition in South America, will feature two Brazilian clubs for the third consecutive year.
“It’s been four years since Brazil started to change its tournaments. It’s not just about more money, they work well. We need the rest of the countries to follow that change,” Dominguez said.
Source: DN
