UEFA initiated disciplinary proceedings on Wednesday 12 May against Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus de Turin, the last of the twelve promoters of the Super League project to refuse to deny this private tournament project.
Carrying out the threats formulated on Friday against the three mutineers, the European body has appointed “Ethical and disciplinary inspectors” responsible for carrying out this investigation, “In connection with the project of a so-called” Super League “”, she announced in a statement.
On April 19, twelve very high-level clubs had ignited European football by presenting a project for an almost closed private league, competing with the Champions League. Two days later, faced with international outcry and the anger of supporters, nine of the twelve slingers gave up this Super League.
The three clubs denounce the “pressure” of UEFA
On Friday, UEFA had already announced heavy penalties against the nine clubs returned to the ranks (Tottenham, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan) after an agreement in which the clubs present “Apologies” and recognize a ” mistake “.
In addition to each forfeiting 5% of their UEFA competition income for one season, they will together donate a total of 15 million euros turned 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.
In a joint statement, Barça, Real and Juve defended on Saturday the merits of their project by denouncing the “Pressures” of UEFA. ” We would be highly irresponsible if (…) we were abandoning the mission of providing effective and lasting answers to the existential problems that threaten the football industry ”, justified these clubs.
