Last Update: February 10, 2023, 15:08 IST
Initial plans for the event, a breakaway from the European Super League, had to be scrapped after the organizers faced strong backlash from fans of the football teams involved. It looks like the European Super League has now got a lifeline, albeit in a different format. It is now understood that the revised structure of the tournament will include 80 teams. The new edition of the competition will be based solely on sporting performance and no guaranteed membership will be offered to the clubs. It is believed that the new proposed format of European Super League will help the participants to generate more revenue. The new-look tournament is expected to feature teams playing at least 14 matches per season against other members.
Bernd Reichert, chief executive of A22 Sports, the company designed to sponsor and draw up plans for the new league, recently underlined the importance of a separate European football competition.
“The foundations of European football are in danger of collapsing. It is time for a change. It is the clubs who take the entrepreneurial risks in football. But when important decisions are at stake, they are often forced to sit on the sidelines Because sporting and financial foundations crumble around them,” Bernd Reichert was quoted as saying by German publication Die Welt.
Around 50 European clubs are said to have already been told about the new plan. Ten new principles have also been set for the much-talked-about project.
The football world was shocked two years ago when it was announced that a separate football league consisting of elite European teams would soon be formed. Twelve teams from Italy, Spain and England were originally considered in April 2021. Initially it was decided that 20 teams would participate in the tournament. The 15 founding members were also spared from deportation. However, the project fell apart within two days after fans and several former players forced the European giants to withdraw from the project. Six Premier League clubs initially expressed a desire to pull out. UEFA later reported in November last year that the whole of European football opposes the “greedy scheme”.
The 12 founding clubs of the European Super League were Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus.
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