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The idea of \u200b\u200ba Super League that brought together the best European entities has been a constant since the teams saw how UEFA took a good part of the financial income. But it was the COVID pandemic that motivated it to be carried out. But previously there were movements that encouraged it to be carried out. The loyalty of the Germans to continue hand in hand with UEFA, the bad moment of other European greats were selecting the possible participants. The rebellion of the English fans meant a hard blow: despite remaining linked, they did not want to take a step forward…<\/p>\n
Background<\/b><\/i>:<\/b> In the early 2010s, an American businessman, Charlie Stilitano, A summer tournament starts that is played on up to three different continents: Europe, Asia and North America<\/b>. Even in 2015 there will be an edition in which different teams, such as Real Madrid, play in Australia. It is the germ of an idea that will slowly take shape in the offices of the big European clubs.<\/b>although some are reluctant at first.<\/p>\n
First movements<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>Seeing <\/b>the success of the International Champions Cup, Different compositions are beginning to filter out to carry out a Super League made up of different European teams that would clash squarely with the Champions League organized by UEFA.<\/b>. The economic aspect, especially the distribution of prizes, is what most attracts these interested teams.<\/p>\n
The COVID pandemic<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>In 2020, the outbreak of the COVID pandemic brought everything to a standstill. The clubs are beginning to seriously consider the formation of this competition, with a view to obtaining more economic income that will help alleviate this crisis.<\/p>\n
April 2021:<\/b><\/i> <\/b>In the early morning of April 20, 2021, Florentino P\u00e9rez announces in ‘El Chiringuito’ the creation of the Super League<\/b>: Twelve European clubs (six English, three Spanish and another three Italian) put UEFA in check with the creation of a new European competition<\/b> of clubs called Super League. The teams are Real Madrid, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bAtl\u00e9tico de Madrid, Juventus, Milan, Inter, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. They announce the creation of a new competition outside of UEFA for the 2021-2022 season. Originally, its idea was to create a new competition with the 20 best teams in Europe (those 15 previously mentioned would have a fixed place, and another five would have to be classified by sporting merits). Another factor is that it is a closed tournament, without promotions or relegations.<\/p>\n
This gesture travels across Europe at high speed, colliding with Federations, Leagues and Governments.<\/b> The first to disengage from the Super League are the English teams, first due to the pressure exerted by their own fans (Manchester City was the first entity to announce their departure just 48 hours after it became official. <\/p>\n
The remaining<\/b><\/i>.<\/i> Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and the three Italian clubs also do so, giving up the project a day later, on April 21, although managing the times: in March 2022, Inter disengage using a release clause signed in their contract that allows them to do so due to their institutional instability. For its part, Juventus will not formally request his departure until July 2023. <\/p>\n
Barcelona<\/b>. In December 2023, Barcelona announces its departure from the project, but<\/b> It will not be until February 7, 2026 when he officially communicates it through a statement on the same day that Joan Laporta announces his resignation to call new elections.<\/p>\n Real Madrid.<\/b> On February 11, 2026, four days after leaving Barcelona, Real Madrid announces an agreement with UEFA and the EFC<\/b> (former ECA, the European Club Association) by which an agreement in principle has been reached<\/b> for the transformation of European competition.<\/p>\n Your opinions matter!<\/b><\/i> Comment on the articles and subscribe for free to our <\/i>newsletter<\/i> and to the information alerts in the <\/i>App<\/i> or the channel <\/i>WhatsApp<\/i><\/a>. Looking to license content? click <\/i>here<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The idea of \u200b\u200ba Super League that brought together the best European entities has been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related news<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n