List of clubs to publicly reject European Super League

Top clubs are opposing the new European Super League

The European Super League returned with a new format, crucially removing the “closed shop” format that would have seen its founding members be immune from relegation.

Following the landmark judgement, A22, the company backing the European Super League live-streamed a video where it laid out its plans for the new men’s and women’s competitions.

The new proposed men’s competition is a three-tier structure with 64 teams taking part, chief executive officer Bernd Reichart repeatedly insisted that there would be no permanent members

The 64 teams would be split into three tiers, slightly uninspiringly called Star, Gold and Blue. The top tier or ‘star’ league would have 16 teams, as would Gold, while Blue would have 32 teams.

The top two tiers would have two groups of eight with each team playing 14 matches, seven home and seven away, with the top four from each group going into a two-legged quarter and semi-final stage before a final on a neutral venue.

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The Blue League would comprise 32 teams in four groups of eight with the top two of each going into the two-legged quarters and semi-finals stage.

A22 chief executive Bernd Reichart said the new-look Super League would be an open competition, with qualification achieved via performance at national level and with all its teams competing in their domestic leagues. Those national leagues would remain “the foundation” of the game, Reichart said, and argued that the new Super League would generate new revenues to support the entire pyramid. There is a guarantee of a minimum of 14 matches that would provide “stability and predictability” of revenue.

List of clubs to reject new European Super League format

• Manchester United
• Manchester City
• Sevilla
• Valencia
• Atletico Madrid
• Real Sociedad
• Villareal
• Bayern Munich
• Borussia Dortmund
• PSG
• Monaco
• Inter Milan
• AS Roma
• Pescara
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Chelsea
• Celtic
• Porto
• Atalanta
• Feyenoord

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