The apex body of European football announced Monday evening that it was canceling the proceedings against Juventus Turin, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the clubs which continued to campaign for the establishment of a Super League.
The three European clubs were under investigation for trying to found the Super League, while the other nine clubs in favor of the project decided to withdraw only hours later. For their part, the three clubs had argued in court that UEFA’s attempt to punish them for creating another league was contrary to European competition law. The disciplinary proceedings had already been suspended, at the request of the Commercial Court of Madrid, but are now definitively closed.
«Following the stay of proceedings against FC Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid, in the case relating to the violation of UEFA’s legal framework with the Super League, the UEFA Appeals Body said today the procedure is void, as if the procedure had never been opened (…) UEFA understands why the disciplinary procedure is declared void ”, specifies the press release of the European body of which Lebledparle Sport has obtained a copy. The Super League project carried by Florentino Perez is stillborn during the next year after the withdrawal of several clubs, especially English. The flagship clubs of this project will therefore have no sanction.
