UEFA is working on a counterattack against the Super League, so you know Bloomberg and RMC Sport to report. The European Football Association intends to significantly increase the starting budget for the Champions League to 4.5 billion euros, an amount that can increase to more than 7 billion euros. UEFA is said to be in talks about this with a British investment fund and is working with the clubs that have refused to participate in the Super League.
UEFA presented a new format for the Champions League on Monday. The intention is that from now on the tournament consists of 36 participants (against 32 now) and the current group phase with groups of four teams will disappear. This is exchanged for one ranking of all teams. A first phase is then played between September and January, in which each participant is assigned ten opponents per draw. Now UEFA would therefore also strive to make the Champions League even more interesting from a financial point of view. The current budget of the Champions League is 3.5 billion euros.
This plan was overshadowed by twelve European top clubs, who announced the arrival of the Super League in the night from Sunday to Monday. “Nobody has invented anything. The main clubs of England, Spain and Italy are looking for a solution to a very bad situation in football. The biggest clubs in Europe have lost a total of five billion euros, ”said Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid and the Super League, a day later in an interview with the popular television program. El Chiringuito. He also pointed out that UEFA has not been transparent. “Nobody understands their new model and they say they want to start in 2024. In 2024 we will be dead. ”
UEFA has reacted furiously about the plan of the twelve founding clubs to set up a Super League. For example, in recent days there were threats to exclude clubs from the Champions League. UEFA board member Jesper Möller on Monday expressed the expectation that Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid will be immediately expelled from the Champions League because of their participation in the Super League, although various international media reported that this will not be the case for the time being .