Point for UEFA: Juventus abandons the European Super League project

Point for UEFA: Juventus abandons the European Super League project

Juventus reported on Thursday that it has started the procedures to withdraw from the European Super League project, and revealed that he started a discussion about his departure with Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​the other teams that remain in the project. smile the Uefa.

“Following these discussions, and given the existing discrepancies on the interpretation of the relevant contractual terms applicable to the Super League project, Juventus confirms that it has started the procedure to leave.”said the Serie A team.

The Turin club stated that his departure will only be completed and will be effective if Real Madrid and Barcelona authorize it.

The former president of the Turin club Andrea Agnellione of the figures behind the Super League project, was sanctioned on Monday with 16 months of disqualification in a case about irregularities in the club’s payments to the players. Agnelli and the entire board resigned from the Turin club in November.

The splinter super league was formed in April 2021, when 12 of Europe’s top soccer clubs launched an attempt to wrest control of the game and its lucrative revenue from continental soccer’s governing body, UEFA.

The initiative failed within 48 hours amid criticism from fans and players, forcing Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Chelsea, Milan, Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid to withdraw.

Source: Ambito

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