European Club Association say they are ‘strongly opposed’ to European Super League proposals as twelve clubs fail to attend ’emergency meeting’ following huge backlash

The European Club Association has said it is ‘strongly opposed’ to a European Super League after holding an ’emergency meeting’ on Sunday evening.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, Liverpool’s John W. Henry, Man United’s Joel Glazer and Arsenal’s Stan Kroenke are said to be leading the clubs in their chase for the new league, which would see teams compete in one 36-team league instead of the current system.

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The proposed shake up of football has gone down terribly

Edwin van der Sar is believed to have chaired a meeting in the absence of ECA president Agnelli on Sunday following the vast social media backlash to football’s proposed shake-up.

And journalist Simon Stoney reported that none of the 12 clubs invited to attend the emergency meeting responded to the invite apart from PSG and Bayern Munich, who were two clubs who were reported not to have signed up to the proposals.

In ECA statement declared on Sunday: “In light of today’s reports on the subject of a so-called breakaway league, ECA as the body representing 246 leading clubs across Europe, reiterates its stated commitment to working on developing the UEFA club competitions (UCCs) model with UEFA for the cycle beginning 2024 and that a ‘closed super league model’ to which media articles refer would be strongly opposed by ECA.

“ECA would refer to the position adopted by its Executive Board at its meeting last Friday 16th April, namely that it supports a commitment to work with UEFA on a renewed structure for European Club Football as a whole post-2024.

“With ECA’s support, UEFA’s Executive Committee is being asked to endorse these commitments at its meeting on 19th April along with pursuing efforts to reach an agreement on the future relationship between ECA and UEFA.

“The ECA Executive Board will be convening over the coming days to take appropriate decisions in light of any further developments.”

Twelve European clubs have reportedly signed up to the breakaway competition, including Manchester City, Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham from the Premier League.

ECA held an emergency meeting this evening. None of the 12 clubs in the ESL proposals responded to invitations to attend. Bayern Munich and PSG did attend. Meeting was chaired by Edwin van der Sar. Restated that agreements reached on Friday re CL reform should were still valid.

— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) April 18, 2021

The clubs on the continent are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

It is widely understood the breakaway league would entirely devalue any UEFA competition, with UEFA’s announcement of its own proposal for a revamped Champions League just 24 hours away.

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