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European Super League: Uefa furious at 12 major clubs signing up to breakaway plans
By Simon StoneBBC Sport
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Liverpool and Chelsea are understood to be part of the group that have signed up to a breakaway league
Senior Uefa figures are furious that 12 major European clubs, including the big six from England, have signed up to a breakaway European Super League.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are part of the group.
La Liga s Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid and Serie A s AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus are involved.
Uefa said it will use all measures available to stop the cynical project of a breakaway Super League.
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UEFA has reacted angrily to the threat of six English clubs joining a breakaway European Super League.
Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City have signed up to the breakaway plan, according to reports, and will be joined by teams from Italy and Spain.
A joint statement from UEFA, the Football Associations of England, Spain and Italy, plus the Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A added they remained united in their efforts to “stop this cynical project” and were considering all “judicial and sporting (measures) in order to prevent this happening.”
The statement said: “If this were to happen, we wish to reiterate that we – UEFA, the English FA, RFEF, FIGC, the Premier League, LaLiga, Lega Serie A, but also FIFA and all our member associations – will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs at a time when society needs solidarity more than
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