The Spanish football league, LaLiga, recalled on Thursday its opposition to the Super League project, a dissident of the Champions League, after the intervention of the Court of Justice of the European Union which considered that its ban was contrary to the law .
“Today more than ever, we reiterate that the Super League is a selfish and elitist model. Anything that is not totally open, with direct access only through the national championships, season by season, is a closed format,” reacted LaLiga on the X network (formerly Twitter).
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are among the leaders of this project.
According to the European court, “the rules of Fifa and UEFA on the prior authorization of interclub football competitions, such as the Super League, violate Union law”, in particular the right to competition.
The Court (CJEU), which rules on the rules of Fifa and UEFA in force in 2021, at the time of the launch of this procedure, considers that the powers of these two organizations “are not governed by any criterion ensuring their transparent (…) and non-discriminatory character.
However, she specifies that the Super League project, led by several of the richest clubs, “must not necessarily be authorized”. The CJEU emphasizes that it rules in general and not on this specific project.
According to LaLiga president Javier Tebas, “the CJEU says that the rules for admitting FIFA and UEFA competitions must be transparent, but not that they must admit the Super League,” he said. -he writes on the X network.
“On the contrary, it recalls that the admission criteria for competitions must be transparent, objective and non-discriminatory. Principles which are precisely incompatible with the Super League,” added Mr. Tebas.
In April 2021, twelve major clubs announced their own private competition, with enormous commercial potential, with an offensive launched at midnight just before a vast reform of the Champions League, which was in direct competition.
Attacked by surprise, UEFA and Fifa had threatened sanctions.
The disastrous communication from the mutineers and then the strong opposition from supporters, particularly in England, had prompted several countries to consider legislative measures, pushing nine of the rebel clubs to throw in the towel. The dissident adventure collapsed in less than 48 hours.
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