Asked about the rumors evoking a project to create a European super league bringing together the 18 best European clubs under the aegis of Fifa, the president of La Liga, Javier Tebas did not mince his words.
“These underground projects only look good when you consider them at 5:00 am after a night at the bar.
The authors of this idea - if they really exist, because there is no one to defend it - show not only a total ignorance of the organization and customs of European and world football, but also a serious ignorance of audiovisual rights markets, ”said the manager on
ESPN
.
If the project of a brand new European competition is not new, the involvement of Fifa in this project is quite new.
Revealed this Tuesday by
Sky Sports
, this “European Premier League” would cost around 6 billion dollars to implement.
Clubs from the big five leagues have been approached, among which Manchester United and Liverpool have already expressed their interest.
If 5 English clubs should be associated with this league, a dozen clubs from Spain, Italy, Germany and France would complete an estimated table of 18 teams.
At the end of the first phase of the competition, the top-ranked teams would then meet in the form of a knockout phase to then determine a winner.
We are talking about "prize-money" which counts in the hundreds of millions.
The matches, which would take place on FIFA's annual club calendar would automatically overlap with the domestic championships, not to mention the Champions League.
The most prestigious of club competitions, which begins this Tuesday and which should keep its format as it is until at least 2024, is finding itself increasingly threatened.
This European Premier League project could see the light of day in 2022 ...
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