THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE PROJECT?
Hit the Super League! The EU Justice agrees with UEFA and FIFA
The European Union's Advocate General has made public his first assessment of the European Super League case. Although the opinion is not binding, it does not favor the creation of the competition at all
The general lawyer of the European Union (EU) has heaved the voice when publishing his first analysis of the conflictive case of the Superliga European. In his affirmations ensures that although the Superliga has the authority to create the competition, can not keep in simultaneous in the ones of the UEFA and the FIFA without previous consent of the same.
Added to this, determined that the two organisms did not incur in the abuse of his position as you appear rectors of the balompié European when looming with sanctions to the clubs that support the creation of said alternative tournament. So much Real Madrid like FC Barcelona and Juventus keep like pioneers of the Superliga, by what this new dictamen would give free road to sportive penalties.
"The European Super League Company has freedom to create his own competition of independent football out of the ecosystem of the UEFA and of the FIFA. However, it can not, in addition to creating this competition, continue participating in the competitions of football organised by the FIFA and the UEFA without the previous permission of these federations", aims part of the communiqué.
Although the opinion of the lawyer assigned Athanasios Rantos is not vinculante, the true is that the Court of Justice of the EU expects that his judges follow the thread of these dictámenes in 80% of the cases. "The norms of the FIFA and of the UEFA that supeditan the creation of any new competition to a previous permission are compatible with the Right of the Union in matter of competition", said the Court of Justice.
What will be of the Superliga?
Like this the things, seems that the first presagios are not alentadores so that the teams encourage to go in of full in the Superliga. Although it seems to have seen well so that his creation was a reality, the clubs and players would be exposed to different types of sanctions, that can go from the expulsion of the Champions and of the Europe League, until the prohibition to contest tournaments like the Eurocopa 2024 or the next World-wide in 2026. It will be necessary to see which sucede in the following months after this very hard hit for Florentino Pérez and company.
