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Rantos says governing body acted within law by threatening to expel clubs for joining breakaway league

MADRID (AP) — The head of the proposed Super League says the project is still “alive and kicking” a day after the scheme to form a breakaway European soccer competition was dealt a setback by the European Union's legal adviser.

Super League was dealt a blow when an EU legal adviser proposed the European Court of Justice should back rules allowing UEFA and FIFA to block the breakaway competition. Advocate General Athanasios Rantos proposed on Thursday that the court recognize FIFA-UEFA regulations under which Super League should be subject to prior approval were compatible with…

"The Super League is not dead, far from it, it is alive and well," Bernd Reichart, head of a company set up to promote the breakaway European football competition said Friday.

Court ruling sinks any hopes of a Super League operating within European football’s mainstream without Uefa and Fifa approval.

Advocate general’s opinion deals blow to breakaway competition.

BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser proposes the European Court of Justice recognize that FIFA-UEFA rules under which the Super League project should be subject to prior approval are compatible with EU competition law.

EU legal advisor backs UEFA in battle with Super League

BRUSSELS (AP) — Super League was dealt a blow when an EU legal adviser proposed the European Court of Justice should back UEFA and FIFA in blocking the breakaway competition. Advocate General Athanasios Rantos proposed on Thursday that the court recognize FIFA-UEFA rules under which Super League should be subject to prior approval were compatible with European Union competition law.

The European Court of Justice's top legal advisor said Thursday that football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA had acted within the law when they threatened to expel clubs or players who joined a proposed…