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Atleti, Barça and Madrid, among the 15 founding clubs of the Super League

Fifteen of the most powerful clubs in Europe have come together to create a Super League. Three Spanish teams, Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, are among the founders of this competition, reports The Parisian.

Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, from the Premier League; Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, from La Liga; Juventus, Inter and Milan; from Serie A; FC Bayern de Munich and Borussia Dortmund, from the Bundesliga; and Paris Saint-Germain, of Ligue 1, all belonging to the five major European leagues.

According to the same source, these teams would be joined by five other clubs as guests for the first edition of the competition.presumably scheduled for the 2022-2023 season.

The Super League format would end with a playoffin a tournament where the first six classified would ensure a fixed amount of 350 million euros eacha figure against which Uefa cannot compete with the Champions League, a competition that gave the champion of the 2018-2019 season, Liverpool, 111.09 million euros.

The idea is to convince the clubs through large fixed economic rewards, despite the threats from Fifa, who have warned of penalties for clubs and players who contest it. In addition, the governing body of European football has decided to fight back with a renewed format of the Champions League to appease the spirits of the most powerful.

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