EU legal advisor backs UEFA over Super League
Rantos says governing body acted within law by threatening to expel clubs for joining breakaway league
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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.