LaLiga chief Javier Tebas claims Real Madrid, Juventus and Barcelona are planning a new Super League ‘without the Premier League clubs,’ just as UEFA rulings would strengthen the English sides even more.
The Super League plan was announced in April 2021 and collapsed within 48 hours when most of the clubs who had signed up abandoned ship under immense pressure from their own fans, the media and in some cases players and coaches too.
Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only sides that remain committed to the Super League project, saying they were preparing a different version of it that would not be a closed door tournament.
According to Tebas, one of the Super League’s biggest critics, this could take a truly strange new twist.
“Florentino never loses, he is always coming up with something,” said Tebas at a press conference, referring to Real Madrid President Florentino Perez.
“The Super League is a concept that started many years ago and is more Florentino’s, not so much Real Madrid’s.
“It continues existing. They give a lot of important to what the EU could solve, but the European governments have already positioned themselves.
“They are working on another project, that will be a failure again, without the English teams, against UEFA, FIFA and the Premier League.”
This comes after the New York Times revealed UEFA have agreed their new version of Financial Fair Play rules, limiting spending on football – so both wages and the amortisation of transfer fees – to 70 per cent of revenues.
Those rules would further benefit Premier League clubs because they have such a massive television rights deal that guarantees revenue every season.
So if the Spanish, Italian, German and French sides thought the Premier League would begin to dominate the Champions League, theoretically they could try to create their own breakaway tournament instead.