Juventus abandons the controversial project of the European Super League

Juventus, one of the teams in the Italian First Football League (Serie A), announced that it has started the exit process from the “European Super League” project, which began with some European teams in 2021.

In the letter made by the black and white team from Italy, it was recalled that negotiations began with the Spanish teams Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​who continued their commitment to this project on June 6 to leave the European Super League, and said, “After these negotiations, some differences were made regarding the interpretation of the contracts in the Super League Project. Taking this into account, Juventus confirms that it has started the procedure to leave the project in question.”

In the statement, it was indicated that Juventus, in accordance with the agreement between the clubs for the exit process of the European Super League project, must be approved by Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as well as the clubs that were previously involved in this initiative.

“WELCOME SUPER LEAGUE”

While La Gazzetta dello Sport gives this statement from Juventus with the title “Goodbye Super League”, Corriere dello Sport says “Juventus is leaving the Super League. The official statement has arrived”.

Andrea Agnelli, the former president of Juventus, who has been under investigation since May 2021 for unfair capital gains, underestimation of footballers’ transfer values ​​and financial fraud, including irregularities in footballers’ wages, was one of the main defenders. of the European Super Cup. League Initiative. Agnelli and his board resigned on November 28, 2022, after his names were mentioned in the financial corruption investigation. Agnelli was suspended from football for 24 months and also suspended for 16 months from the investigation into irregularities in the payment of footballers’ wages, for his role in the investigation of unfair capital gains and misrepresentation of footballers’ transfer values. The Juventus club, for its part, was fined and deducted 10 points last season for the investigations in question.

The Italian press also wrote that Juventus are considering withdrawing entirely from the UEFA Europa Conference League, in which they were entitled to participate this year, to mitigate the sanction by UEFA, which is carrying out its own investigation into financial corruption.

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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. (AA)