First fire in the European Super League

It has been reported that Juventus, one of the teams in the Italian First Football League (Serie A), sent an official letter to the Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​which support the initiative, to discuss the possible exit of the project from the European Super League, which started in 2021 with some European clubs.

The black and white club made a written statement about the news in the Spanish media that Juventus will withdraw from the European Super League attempt. In the statement, “the Real Madrid and Barcelona clubs, which do not apply the exit procedure of the European Super League project, such as Juventus, have been notified to start a period of negotiation between the three clubs to discuss the possible exit. of the black”. and white team of this project,” the statement said.

In the Juventus statement, it was pointed out that the accusations that UEFA threatened in some news were also incompatible with reality.

THE EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE CAUSED THE REACTION

Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, England’s Tottenham, Milan, Italy’s Inter and Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Spain’s Real Madrid announced on April 19, 2021 that they have launched the European Super League initiative. Under the first format, the 15 clubs that were the founders of the league, in which 20 teams would participate, would remain in the organization permanently, while the others would be determined based on their leagues’ success criteria.

After harsh reactions from FIFA, UEFA and the sports public, 9 clubs except Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus announced that they were withdrawing from this organization. UEFA and FIFA warned that 3 teams that did not come out of the formation could face sanctions such as being removed from their affiliated organizations and national leagues, banning players from sending players to international matches. After what happened, the matter was taken to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

THERE WAS A WIDE RESPONSE IN THE ITALIAN PRESS

Meanwhile, the newspaper Corriere dello Sport gave this statement from Juventus with the headline “Juventus out of the Super League”, while La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote that the black and white club informed the Spanish clubs that it was considering leaving the Super League project. . .

According to the news of the Italian press, it was also written that those of Madrid were convinced that Juventus would leave the attempt of the Super League.

Andrea Agnelli, the former president of Juventus, who has been under investigation since May 2021 for financial frauds such as unfair capital gains and underestimation of football players’ transfer values, was one of the main proponents of the initiative. of the European Super League. Agnelli and his board resigned on November 28, 2022, after his names were mentioned in the financial corruption investigation. (AA)