It seems like this European Super League idea just won’t completely die.
Saturday, the lone Super League standouts, Juventus, Barcelona, and Real Madrid dug into the greed denouncing the threats from UEFA while refusing to backdown from the breakaway league.
“We regret to see that our friends and founding partners of the Super League project have now found themselves in such inconsistent and contradictory position when signing a number of commitments to UEFA yesterday,” Barcelona, Madrid and Juventus said in a joint statement.
“We have the duty to act in a responsible manner and persevere in the pursuit of adequate solutions, despite the unacceptable and ongoing pressures and threats received from UEFA.”
Last week, the nine other clubs who agreed to join the Super League before ultimately deciding not to move forward after massive fan backlash, threats from Europe’s governing body, and threats of international bans from FIFA agreed to fines from UEFA in exchange to remain in the Champions League.
Barca, Real Madrid, and Juventus all still run the risk of more severe penalty from UEFA and potentially FIFA for their continued involvement in the Super League. This includes the Champions League ban as well as those possible international bans that very well could include players on those three teams being excluded from representing their respective countries in the World Cup.
