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Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus will be banned from the Champions League this week, according to reports in Italy.
The three European giants are facing disciplinary proceedings over their plans to form the European Super League.
They insisted they had the right to form a new competition and claimed that UEFA and FIFA had no right to stand in their way.
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus set to be banned from Champions League this week
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Of the dozen or so clubs that will form the new separatist league out of UEFA’s control, only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are still on board.
FIFA has already initiated disciplinary proceedings against the three clubs. The other nine, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City, signed a letter of apology to UEFA and pledged to give £ 12.9million in grassroots football.
La Liga president and UEFA Executive Committee member Javier Tebas said on Tuesday that Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus should be “afraid” of the outcome of UEFA’s disciplinary proceedings against them.
Juventus and the two Spanish clubs have yet to withdraw from the Super League project
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And Italian store La Repubblica claims all three clubs will be kicked out of the Champions League this week.
“The ones who must be afraid are Real Madrid and Barcelona,” Tebas told ESPN. ‘I don’t want to imagine a champion [League] without them, but it can happen.
More than a sanction, UEFA can choose not to include Madrid and Barça among the champions. I think they could be left out. They should be afraid.
UEFA chief Javier Tebas warns European giants they should be ‘afraid’ of disciplinary action
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The Barcelona president pledged last week to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if UEFA takes sanctions.
‘I said [UEFA president Aleksander] Ceferin that we weren’t going to apologize and that we weren’t going to pay an unjustifiable fine. If they fined us, we will go to CAS, ”said Joan Laporta.
“We will fight to protect Barcelona’s interests and to develop a sustainable football model. All clubs lose money. “
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