This Wednesday, May 12, UEFA initiated disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus Turin, the last of the twelve promoters of the “Super League” to refuse to deny this private tournament project.
A stillborn project
Carrying out the threats formulated on Friday against the three mutineers, the European body appointed ” ethical and disciplinary inspectors ” responsible for carrying out this investigation, “In connection with the project of a so-called + Super League +”, she announced in a press release.
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“Further information on this file will be communicated in due course”, adds UEFA, without specifying what “potential violation of UEFA’s legal framework” is blamed on the three clubs. Among the range of disciplinary sanctions provided for by the statutes of the organization, the heaviest for clubs are “Exclusion from current competitions and / or future competitions” and, for managers, “The prohibition of any activity relating to football”.
By announcing on the night of April 18 to 19 their own private Super League, on the eve of a long-awaited reform of the Champions League, its twelve promoters have turned European football upside down and threatened the very existence of UEFA.
The gradual withdrawal of the six English participants, after 48 hours, resulted in the abandonment of the project, and nine of the mutineers finally accepted their reinstatement by UEFA last Friday in return for moderate financial penalties, and the promise not to no longer start over.
But Real Madrid – whose president had taken the head of the Super League – FC Barcelona and Juventus Turin have always refused to lay down their arms, and still defied UEFA on Saturday denouncing its “incessant pressures and threats”.
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