UEFA has not digested the Super League operation of last year and is not ready to pass the towel for the clubs having tried to secede.
This Tuesday, Aleksander Ceferin, the president of UEFA, confirmed on Tuesday that Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus still risk exclusion from European competitions because of their desire to create the Super League.
“It is possible to punish any club.
(…) But it is the UEFA Disciplinary Committee, which is independent, which will have to decide”, advances the Slovenian leader, in an interview granted this Tuesday to L’Équipe.
This position of UEFA is made possible by a recent green light from the Spanish courts, which now authorizes the European body to impose sanctions against the promoters of the Super League.
At the end of April, the Commercial Court of Madrid considered that it did not have "the competence or the jurisdiction" to rule on the case.
The preventive measures lifted have so far prevented FIFA and UEFA, as well as leagues and national federations, from taking action to exclude players and clubs who participated in the creation of the semi-closed and dead competition in the 'egg.
“The decision can always be appealed,” however, tempers Ceferin.
"When the process is over, we can act," he adds before repeating all the good he thinks of the president of PSG.
“Nasser Al-Khelaïfi helped football.
If the Super League had been launched, it would have affected everyone, including PSG.
He's smart and gets that.
I respect him.
He is crazy about football.
He loves PSG and is a valued member of the UEFA executive committee.
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This speech in the press is also an opportunity for the UEFA president to promote the final adjustments to the reform of the Champions League, which comes into force during the 2024-2025 season.
He thus expresses his satisfaction with the reduction in the number of matches in the mini-league phase, which goes from ten to eight: “Ten matches was too much.
And with eight games, the teams will play the same number of home and away matches.
Sportingly, it is preferable.