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Super League 'not dead', says promoter after legal setback

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MADRID: '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 (Dec 16). The comments come a day after the European Court of Justice's Advocate General said any club involved risked exclu

MADRID:"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 .

A22 was set up in October and its CEO Reichart was speaking at an event alongside Florentino Perez and Joan Laporta, the presidents of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively. The attempt to set up an elite trans-European league in 2021 initially attracted 12 clubs -- but triggered a backlash from fans and governments.A suit alleging that football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA had abused their power when they threatened to expel clubs or players who joined a proposed Super League is awaiting a verdict from the European Court of Justice.

 

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