The secession project had created a scandal in mid-April in the world of European football. UEFA announced Friday, May 7 a whole series of sanctions, in particular financial, against nine of the twelve clubs at the origin of the aborted Super League project, after an agreement with the latter, which “Apologize” and recognize ” a mistake “.
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Tottenham, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan, the nine teams quickest to dissociate themselves from the project of dissident private competition of the Champions League, will notably have to give up 5% of the income they were supposed to obtain in European competitions for a season.
These are the first official sanctions against secessionist clubs, which ignited European football on April 19 by launching their project for an almost closed League, before changing their minds two days later for most of them, facing the international outcry and the sling of supporters.
Future heavy sanctions for Turin, Madrid and Barcelona
The case of the other three clubs (Juventus Turin, Real Madrid, Barcelona), which “Refuse to give up” in the Super League and risk heavier penalties, will be studied soon by the disciplinary bodies of UEFA, announced the European confederation.
“By accepting their commitments and their desire to repair the disturbance they have caused, UEFA wants to put this chapter behind it and move forward in a positive spirit”, underlined the president of the body, Aleksander Ceferin, in a statement, insisting on the fact that “The same cannot be said for [trois] clubs which remain involved in the so-called Super League ”, cases that “UEFA will manage accordingly”.
The nine clubs that gave up on the project accepted a whole series of “Reintegration measures”. In addition to giving up 5% of UEFA competition income for a season, they will pay 15 million euros transformed into donations to “Local communities” European football, undertake to participate in the UEFA competitions for which they qualify and also undertake to pay a fine of 100 million euros if they seek to one day participate in a competition “Unauthorized”. They will also join the European Association of Clubs (ECA), which they had left at the time of their sling.
