A22 Sports Management announced plans for a four-division 'Unify League'
La Liga and UEFA are among the organisations to hit back at attempted relaunch
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By MIKE KEEGAN
Published: 13:28 EST, 17 December 2024 | Updated: 13:28 EST, 17 December 2024
A relaunch of the failed European Super League has been met with widespread ridicule.
Real Madrid-backed company A22 Sports Management unveiled plans for the ‘Unify League’, a 96-team competition that would replace the Champions League but not the Premier League.
The firm added that the four-division league would be completely merit based – different to the original Super League closed shop – and would feature a streaming service direct to viewers on its own platform rather than via a broadcast deal.
However, La Liga hit out at the plans, UEFA laughed them off and the Premier League failed to dignify them with a response.
After the collapse of the Super League, Premier League clubs signed an Owners Charter aimed at preventing a breakaway and would need UEFA and FIFA blessing to enter a new competition.
Unlike 2021’s scandal, which saw the Big Six of both Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham come aboard, no English clubs have signed up.
Real Madrid-backed company A22 Sports Management announced plans to relaunch the failed European Super League project as a '96-team competition' called the 'Unify League'
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has been a vocal supporter of a European Super League
Fans of Premier League clubs protested a Super League in 2021, with the project collapsing