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The English Premier League and the UEFA have threatened to ban any club among the top six on the table that takes part in the European Super League.
The threat was contained in a press released jointly signed by the two governing bodies where they condemned plans for European Super League
Twelve clubs from England, Spain and Italy have been in talks to join a new league format which would effectively bring an end to the UEFA Champions League.
The EPL’s ‘big six’ clubs: Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, are understood to be among those clubs.
European super league plans set to be announced - six English teams involved, Sky News understands
Among the English clubs involved are Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
The project has been launched to rival UEFA s Champions League format which currently dominates European football.
Sky News City editor Mark Kleinman said: My understanding is that 12 clubs from across Europe including the six biggest English clubs have now signed up to this new format. The others include Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid.
The developments come as UEFA itself was due to sign off on its own plans for an expanded and restructured Champions League on Monday.
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UEFA and big clubs go to war over Super League breakaway threat
uventus president Andrea Agnelli is chairman of the ECA and one of its two representatives on the UEFA executive committee.
Avtor: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images LONDON, (MOREL/AIPS Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive)- The tension has been ramped up between some of Europe’s leading clubs and the continental governing body UEFA ahead of its crucial executive meeting set to agree on the shape of an expanded Champions League. An apparent agreement two weeks ago was then put on ice because clubs such as Juventus, Real Madrid, etc wanted a greater controlling interest in the command of commercial and media rights and the financial share-out.
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