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Why the Superleague project shakes European football

2021-04-18T19:18:49.630Z


DECRYPTION - The imminent announcement of the creation of a competing Champions League competition is like a bombshell.


Thunderclap in prospect in European football.

A real sea serpent for several decades, the creation of a closed league, where the biggest clubs of the continent would face each other, in head-on competition with the Champions League, could well become reality.

According to information from the

New York Times

, which reveals that the discussions were successful between the clubs concerned, the announcement of the creation of this Superleague would be imminent.

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The twelve founding members of this new competition have already been identified.

Three Italian clubs, the two rivals of Milan (Inter and AC Milan) as well as Juventus Turin, whose president Andrea Agnelli, president of the Association of European Clubs (ECA), is one of the main instigators of the project.

At their side, three giants of Spain: Real Madrid and its neighbor Atlético as well as FC Barcelona.

Finally, the last six clubs, or half the field, would come from England: Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool,

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Source: lefigaro

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