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Posted on: Saturday, March 5, 2022 – 12:58 AM | Last update: Saturday 5 March 2022 – 1:05 AM
European Football Association President Aleksander Ceferin has confirmed that he is tired of talking regarding the European Super League, accusing the heads of clubs committed to it of living in an “other world”.
Twelve elite European clubs signed the proposal to establish the European Super League last April, but he died before being born following a violent reaction from their players and fans, in addition to governments and football bodies.
Nine clubs withdrew from the project, but the two giants of Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona, in addition to the Italian Juventus, are still clinging to the idea, while press reports warned that it will return to it this week.
“I’m sick and tired” of talking regarding the Super League, Ceferin said in a speech at the Financial Times Business Football Summit in London via video link.
“Look, at first they started this nonsense in the midst of a global pandemic, now we read daily reports that they are preparing to launch another idea in the midst of the war (the Russian military operation in Ukraine), they definitely live in another world.”
And he added, “At a time when we rescue players, along with other stakeholders, and are working to help in horrific conditions, they are working on such a project… This is nonsense and everyone knows that except for them.”
Ceferin targeted Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, the former president of the European Club Association, who was one of the strongest promoters of the idea of the Super League, along with Florentino Perez, president of Real Madrid.
“It’s interesting that they criticize UEFA and the ECA,” Ceferin said. “One of them was the latter’s president and I had a quote praising the system a week before they launched the first Super League.”
“The fans are not important to them because the fans have launched a petition once morest the Super League and they don’t care regarding it,” he added.
Ceferin considered that clubs are free to organize their own tournaments, but they will be excluded from UEFA competitions such as the Champions League.
