The Presidency of the Council of Ministers announced that the Italian Government has decided to intervene in support of UEFA against the Super League project.
Juventus President Andrea Agnelli said in September that the Super League ‘aims to guarantee stability in football’, as three of the founding clubs are not giving up on the competition.
But UEFA fights against the breakaway project and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers announced today that the Italian Government supports the battle against the team.
“The Presidency of the Council of Ministers announces that the Italian government has decided to intervene in support of UEFA in the judgment on the Super League hinged at the European Court of Justice,” the statement said.
UFFICIALE: il #Governo italiano interviene a sostegno dell’#Uefa contro la #Superlega https://t.co/QwefkMDuvw pic.twitter.com/5gAYnZCAWr
— calciomercato.com (@cmdotcom) October 22, 2021
Enough with this nonsense! Super League is a must have. We lost the perspective of the so called UEFA Champions League years ago. There is no CHAMPION in this UCL format, only one weaker shade of Super League. I mean, with all due respect, what are Sevilla or Villareal doing in UCL? Sevilla won the La Liga or Primera Division just ONCE in history, after WW2, in 45-46, c’mon. What Champions you seek? Villareal? Never, just once runner-up. And so many other examples in the every country you want.
The best way imo for footballs fans is this: one week the former Champions Cup, under UEFA aegis, based only within the real Champions, not 2nd, 3rd or 4th place, just the Champions. The other week the Super League, “render unto Caesar” (the clubs) with the history yet to be written.
The question you have to ask is why do governments say they have no place to intervene when shady oil states buy football clubs, but the mere mentioning of a new independent league that will generate more income for football clubs at all levels is shut down by them immediately. In the UK the Prime minister said he would not intervene in sporting politics regarding Newcastle takeover but he was on live national television the very next day of the super league announcement saying they would do everything possible to stop it. Too much money is being syphoned away from football in the current format, this has to change
Can you imagine these twats, they cant support Italian clubs owner who want to build their own stadium and rescue them from this useless bureaucracy , but they are going to support UEFA against clubs who want more money, the same UEFA who cant do nothing about oil rich country who are destroying the game, this is exactly why Italian football is backward because those making the laws are full of empty brains
Against the Super League.
Saudi’s, Chinese, Americans: “Come buy our clubs. We have no problems with that”.
Mind blowing where their priorities lie. I too am against the Super League but other things are more pressing.
They have no place to intervene because you can’t go against capitalism old boy. Everything in our society is based on competitive greed. I remember BJ on the Dame Edna show years ago. He was pushing this ludicrous idea for a channel tunnel to make “British families repatriate our former colony in the vacant countryside of northern France!”😂
To see that he’s now PM exposes the asinine standards of British politicians + politics in general. He doesn’t care about football or the fans. He cares that the EPL make’s close to £10 Billion per annum for his government. But when money could be lost, they soon have a moral duty + place to involve themselves then. They know that if the biggest clubs were to leave it’d have a massive impact on potential income. They pardon their blatant hypocrisy by using the fans/fair play/tradition as a righteous excuse to get involved. To say one thing, then the complete opposite, is also a typical political ploy. “Vitamin D is good for you” then “Vitamin D causes cancer” for eg. Is to control the masses, keep people in fear + reliant on the government to tell them what to do + save them.
I’m not a fan of the ESL idea, football is a sporting competition + shouldn’t be based on even more entitlement + greed. The founding “top clubs” would become even more elite + it’d hurt the national leagues. So the Italian government has to do more to help Italian football to grow. But they’re not as brainless as what they seem. They hide behind bureaucracy. That’s it’s reason for being + why it’s so difficult to enact change. All government’s want is their slice of the pie. Well, side with the club owners who want to make clubs run at a profit then, rather than hiding behind bureaucracy, as regional authorities clearly have no intention in helping clubs to escape their publicly owned stadia + red-tape. What a mess! Some of these idiots have access to nuclear weapons!
@Mike… spot on! I was thinking exactly the same! I guess this politicians are in their payroll too. It’s like governance/politicians do everything to harmI talian football. @dangerboy described it in much better way!
I am 1000% against the super league. It will destroy revenue for smaller clubs. Football is about merit. If you dont do well in your league you don’t deserve to be facing the best in europe. Success should be earned not bought. Small clubs beating big clubs is part of the joy of football. Seeing clubs like Atalanta and Leicester beating the richer clubs is what football is all about.