FC Barcelona And Real Madrid Relaunch European Super League Plans With 60-80 Team Format

FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Juventus have relaunched their plans to form a European Super League which could contain 60-80 teams.

The three continental giants were part of a group of 12 outfits that tried and failed to get the project off the ground in April 2021 when fans of the six English clubs involved protested the plans.

Where the others left, however, Barca, Real Madrid and Juve have pressed on with the competition’s chief executive Bernd Reichart explaining a new format to Die Welt.

The new-look tournament may contain up to 80 teams who would be guaraneed a minimum of 14 matches a season, Reichart, who represents the A22 company that will sponsor the Super League and help with its creation, said.

“The foundations of European football are in danger of collapsing. It’s time for a change,” Reichart demanded.

“It is the clubs that bear the entrepreneurial risk in football. But when important decisions are at stake, they are too often forced to sit idly by on the sidelines as the sporting and financial foundations crumble around them.”

“Our talks have also made it clear that clubs often find it impossible to speak out publicly against a system that uses the threat of sanctions to thwart opposition,” Reichard continued.

“Our dialogue was open, honest, constructive and resulted in clear ideas about what changes are needed and how they could be implemented. There is a lot to do and we will continue our dialogue.”

European and global governing bodies UEFAEFA
and FIFA have attempted to block the creation of the Super League, which A22 has challenged.

Later this year, a European Court of Justice final ruling on the matter is expected with La Liga president Javier Tebas at war with Barca and Real Madrid counterparts Joan Laporta and Florentino Perez.

On Twitter, Tebas wrote that the Super League is the wolf, “who today disguises himself as a granny to try to fool European football,” in reference to the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.

“But HIS nose and HIS teeth are very big. Four divisions in Europe? Of course the first is for them, as in the 2019 reform. A government of the clubs? Of course only the big ones [will be involved].”

Though many cannot understand why Barca would wish to pursue the proposed competition, their financial situation pushes them to seek other alternatives to La Liga and the Champions League.

Constant nit-picking from Tebas – who plans to appeal Gavi’s new contract registration and effectively blocked Lionel Messi’s 2021 renewal – doesn’t help either, and the best thing the La Liga head can do to keep Barca is by showing them more flexibility when it comes to managing their wage bill.

A failure to do such things is already creating a European Super League in the PremierPINC
League, which La Liga continues to fall behind in both spending power and global fan interest.