Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid are still trying to make the Super League happen and according to Der Spiegel, they are working to change the competition’s format, including promotions and relegations.
The two La Liga giants and the Old Lady are the only clubs not to have withdrawn from the competition, which was launched by 12 elite clubs in April but collapsed within 48 hours.
According to the German paper Der Spiegel, the three clubs that, on paper, are still part of the competition are working on a new format that would include promotions and relegations.
There are two scenarios that the clubs are considering. The first would see three clubs relegated from SuperLeague1 to SuperLeague2, with two teams promoted from SuperLeague 2 and one wild card.
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The second option is something more similar to the current Champions League, but only for the Super League2, to which clubs would qualify thanks to their results in the national leagues. So, the Super League2 would change every year with 17 new clubs and three clubs relegated from the SuperLeague 1.
Talks are still ongoing, but it remains to be seen how the plan can be put into practice after that the nine that had withdrawn from the competition submitted a ‘Club Commitment Declaration’ in May, agreeing to have substantial fines imposed if they seek to play in unauthorised competitions.
Whatever the solution, different options have to be considered. The current setup is A. unsustainable and B. unfair. TV money in the premier league effectively awards mediocrity / lack of achievement. If Arsenal can go and spent 50m on one player despite not winning a league title for nearly 20 years, how on earth are Serie A clubs supposed to compete? Liverpool another. Up until the success of the last few seasons, they were still spending hundreds of millions. Manchester United another. Clubs offering ridiculous amounts in wages, purely and simply because of the league they’re competing in. Add to that, the money printing Arabs and you’ve basically got an exclusive club that can go around splashing the cash whilst everyone else has to abide by apparent FFP rules.
Even if the super league is ultimately unsuccessful, 1-2 years of it could provide Milan with much needed income. Atalanta qualify for the champions league for 3 seasons in a row, and they lose their best centre back to Spurs. Why? Have Spurs achieved anything on the pitch to be able to take Romero? No.
Well, you’re still speaking from the perspective of on of the “elite” clubs, even if it’s not as elite as the ones you mention. What will prevent national leagues from collapsing? I think the solution is to truly implement a system of self-sufficiency, not this sham “FFP”. Of course money corrupts, so whatever that was supposed to be never worked, and I don’t see why it wouldn’t corrupt the next thing. Barclone simply should no be 1bn euro in debt. The only reason it is is because it let itself be. Will the the “Super League” bring in more money for this smaller set of clubs? Maybe. But then what prevents players not named Messi and Ronaldo all from asking for 50m euro per year in salaries? The clubs will have it because of the income, right? So in no time they will be outbidding each other for players and prices/salaries will inflate further. Then what? A super league fair play? Stupid.
P.S. if clubs put more faith in their youth systems they would have to spend so much money on failed transfers. Mila could have Locatelli, Cristante, and Pessina all starting right now. Juve is about to spend money to REPURCHASE Moise Kean. Instead these clubs spend millions to buy players that end up being dead wood. Ramsey? Arthur? WTF? Look at all of the ex PSG youth that ate now making big transfers from the smaller teams they went to together playing time. Maignan is one, and Adli is another (there are many more). Maybe an additional solution to the transfet merry go round is UEFA mandating that all teams field at least 5-6 homegrown players (meaning club grow ). That combined with the already established limit on non-EU players should slow down the cash hemorrhage.
The super league is the solution to overcome the current situation in football. Totally agree with rosario comments. Premiere league is eating up the TV income from all leagues and UEFA can’t do and will not do anything.
Uefa should be called the OIL league federation since competitive teams are the ones owned by OIL owners.
The situation with the English teams is a re-occurance of the SERIE A TEAMS in the 90s and Barcelona and Real Madrid lately. The subs of premiere league teams are more competitive than the top 2 or 3 teams in other leagues. They are all over paid and soon clubs will go bankrupt. This football system is a cycle of its own pay pay pay… win champions league …. then u are in big trouble. Remember Milan of the 2000s, inter of 2010, Barcelona of 2010s, Real Madrid of Ronaldo era???? Now these teams are complaining.
Yes one of the solutions is to field 5 home grown players. But that’s not enough. Need to get away from premiere league. They have to pay dearly for their exit from super league.
Super League solves nothing.
Getting Agnelli out of Juventus might though