The project of the Superliga European follows appearing in the horizon, but little by little, the big clubs plan his inclusion in the calendar. Several sources ensure that 2024 is the maximum limit that the European Association of Clubs (ECA) has marked for his première, and every time know more details of his surprising intentions. Although the project generates debate, all walk to his creation.
'The Partidazo' of the 'Chain COPE' ensured that each participant could embolsarse a minimum of 900 million euros, to which still would be missing for adding the prizes by victories and the rights of television. This would go through to contest the new competition the weekends, cancel the Champions and happen the national leagues to the Wednesdays, in a change completely of the current system.
Precisely, the leagues, grouped in the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), already have revealed in front of this situation, ensuring that the proposal is not viable and that would not reach the data expected. The president of LaLiga, Javier Thebes, follows it describing like a "idea of bar of bar", and in addition to warning that the tournament would sink in a pair of years, has added to his warnings Jaume Roures, maximum mandator of Mediapro, that considers that the minimum of 900 millions is a figure inasumible.
After his initial refusal, the UEFA has given support to the clubs founders, that would be Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern of Munich, Juventus, Chelsea, Arsenal, PSG, Manchester City, Liverpool and Milan. Besides, Athletic of Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Olympique of Marseilles, Inter of Milan and Rome would be the invited, to a championship that would have phase of groups and eliminatory and for which even has posed a possible second division.
In the EPFL insist in that it does not have felt to bet by an organisation that would put in risk the rest of the program futbolístico, and observe with some fear the recent support of the UEFA. In front of the fault of a solid defence, the president Aleksander Ceferin alió with his homologous in the ECA, Andre Agnelli, after the entrance in scene of a powerful partner for the clubs.
The company that negotiated with Thebes to export a party of LaLiga to Miami, Relevent Sport, has joined to the project, been born from turn them of friendly that the big contest each summer in United States. This entity tanteó to the possible applicants, and his promise of some imponentes income facilitated that many gave green light to his intentions. After elaborating a report that would have confirmed the feasibility of the proposal, Madrid, Juve and Bayern elaborated a plan of action called 'To Super League Scenario for Top European Football', that finish to convince to the mentioned Ceferin.
The EPFL trusts the refusal of the ECA
Next Tuesday, the ECA has summoned a meeting in Amsterdam in which Agnelli pretends to follow advancing to the Superliga, while the EPFL trusts the opposition of the the lower members. The Association of Clubs is composed by more than 200 teams, and the leagues expect that the blockade of which would remain separated -Athletic Club, Seville, Valencia, Villarreal, Real Sociedad and Málaga, in Spain, for example, since they form part of the ECA but no of the possible Superliga- force to rectify to the impulsores current of the project.