Sanctions for the slingers?
While the Super League project is stillborn, after the withdrawal of most of the rebellious clubs, UEFA is considering "measures" it could take.
Understand, the punishments that could fall on the troublemakers.
Some have demanded the exclusion of the teams still competing in European competitions, namely Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester City in the Champions League, as well as Manchester United and Arsenal, in the Europa League.
In the end, it will not be.
The slingers will have to clarify their position
What about next season? Of the 12 founding members of the defunct de facto competition, eight have already given up, the six English clubs (Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham), then Atlético Madrid and Inter Milan. Four teams have not officially registered their withdrawal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan. "It is clear that the clubs will have to decide if they are in the Super League or if they are European clubs, insists the president of the UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, in an interview with the agency
AP
.
If they say 'we're a Super League' then they don't play in the Champions League, of course.
And if they are ready to do it, they can play in their own competition. "
Clearly, the Slovenian leader threatens the clubs in question with exclusion in 2021-22.
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The time for appeasement has therefore not yet come in the great family of football.
And this even if the ECA, the body now chaired by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, calls for calm in a statement: "We want to ignore the events of this week and encourage and inspire the world football community, while the matches return this weekend.
Clubs can only be successful on and off the pitch if we work together.
The message from the members of the ECA is clear: let's get back to the game. ”
"Everyone is faced with consequences for their decisions"
Aleksander Ceferin
Remember that the 12 rebellious clubs acted on the creation of this famous Super League on Sunday evening. Faced with popular and political pressure, eight of them have already thrown in the towel. PSG was obviously not one of them. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi also appears to be THE big winner of this crisis which only lasted barely more than 48 hours. Bayern Munich had also chosen not to support this project. Ditto for Borussia Dortmund. "We are still waiting for legal expertise and then we will make a decision, but everyone faces consequences for their decisions and they know it," Ceferin said again in this interview. And to add that it makes "a difference" between the clubs which are stubborn and those "which admitted their error and who said:"We will be leaving the project. ""
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