European Super League: The infamous European Super League project is still alive. A league of elite football clubs could be launched in 2024-25 season as the owner of the league A22 Sports Management has roped in Bernd Reichart as the new CEO. Reichart was previously the General Director of the RTL Deutschland Group. Despite widespread criticism, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have been determined to go ahead with ESL for a better profit margin. Real Madrid President Fiorentino Perez is one of the founding members of ESL. Follow Champions League live updates on Insidesport.IN
European giants Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid are still in talks of the possibility of the mega-event. English teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City had also entered in talks for the ESL. But they were forced to withdraw their participation after massive fan protests around Europe.
European Super League DREAM still ALIVE, appoints Bernd Reichart as new CEO, aims 2024-25 start – Check Out
However, the dream may now still be alive for the three teams, with Reichart aiming for the completion of all formalities by 2024. A statement from the new boss said:
“The initial goal will be to initiate dialogue with a diverse group of interested parties in football, including clubs, players, trainers, fans, media and political officials. The objective is to facilitate the development of a sustainable sports model for European club competitions that reflect mutual interests and the wide range of fans and the general football community.”
A22’s new CEO Bernd Reichart tells Bild he’s “impressed” by the commitment of Real, Barcelona & Juventus to a European Super League & adds he believes Premier League clubs who pulled still want to talk.
“Of course! We live in Europe, so it should be okay to talk about football…
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) October 18, 2022
European Super League DREAM still ALIVE, appoints Bernd Reichart as new CEO, aims 2024-25 start – Check Out
Reichart added that he was impressed with the commitment of Real, Barcelona & Juventus to the League with the Premier League clubs also not completely out of contention. He continued:
“The presidents of Real Madrid,FC Barcelona, and the President of Juventus have recently presented their points of view on the problems they are facing with the current Champions League model. I believe that they are raising the correct questions and personally I am willing to listen to different voices so that the European football community can find the appropriate answers together,” he said.
Who were the founding clubs?
- Arsenal (UK)
- Chelsea (UK)
- Liverpool (UK)
- Manchester City (UK)
- Manchester United (UK)
- Tottenham Hotspur (UK)
- AC Milan (Italy)
- Inter Milan (Italy)
- Juventus (Italy)
- Atletico Madrid (Spain)
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Real Madrid (Spain)
European Super League DREAM still ALIVE, appoints Bernd Reichart as new CEO, aims 2024-25 start – Check Out
European Super League – Why was the European Super League scrapped?
- The Top 12 clubs last season agreed to the formation of a brand-new European Super League.
- It would have been governed by its ‘Founding Clubs’.
- It was expected that three more clubs would join excluding German giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund as well as French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
- The plan was to effectively rival and eventually replace the Champions League.
- However, the footballing world did not take too kindly for the billion-dollar plan.
- It forced a meritocratic approach like the Champions League.
- With UEFA and FIFA announcing that there will be sanctions in case of such a project, most of the clubs pulled out.
- However, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus continued and a lawsuit was launched in the Swiss court.
The protests were so fierce after that Manchester City became the first club to pull out with Atlético Madrid and the other English clubs set to follow suit. Manchester United then-CEO Ed Woodward was expected to resign from the club in the aftermath of the debacle. Now with many factors in store, the European Super League aims to bring a new format that is set to bring in a new era of European football.
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