The football world is shaking after the ruling of the European Court of Justice towards the Super League and UEFA. Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two remaining clubs in this privately formed league are now gloating while other clubs are listening and taking notes about the upcoming situation. One of the first statements came from the company A22, which filed the lawsuit in the Luxembourg court and her CEO, Bernd Reichart was ecstatic. „We have won the #RightToCompete. The UEFA-monopoly is over. Football is FREE. Clubs are now free from the threat of sanction AND free to determine their own futures”, our CEO Bernd Reichart comments the CJEU decision. 1/4— A22 Sports (@A22Sports) December 21, 2023 “We have won the right to compete. UEFA’s monopoly has ended. Football is FREE. Now clubs will no longer suffer threats and sanctions. They are free to decide their own future. For fans: we are going to broadcast all Super League matches for FREE. For clubs: club income and payments in solidarity with football are guaranteed” he wrote. 🚨 BREAKING: The Super League believe they can convince Premier League clubs to rejoin. @relevo pic.twitter.com/snZfEVOsLi— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) December 21, 2023 One of the first to reply was La Liga president Javier Tebas:“To be clear, there are no doubts and someone mistakenly goes to reopen the bar to drink cubas until 5 in the morning like It seems like Bern Reichart CEO was there tonight. The CJEU says that the rules for admission of FIFA and UEFA competitions are transparent , but not that they must admit the Super League. On the contrary, it points out that the criteria for admission of competitions have to be transparent, objective and NON-DISCRIMINATORY. Principles precisely incompatible with the Super League” he wrote. ‘Real and Barca created the Super League to damage the Premier League’The ‘brain’ behind the idea, Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez was very satisfied, as expected. “We welcome the ruling of the CJEU with enormous satisfaction. European football will never be a monopoly, and from today the clubs will be the masters of their destiny. We see ourselves capable to promote the competitions that we consider. The Europe of freedoms has triumphed. Law, reason and freedom prevail. 70 years ago we took a giant step for football with the creation of the European Cup and now we have the duty to give the boost that football needs. It will be open to everyone, It will impose sporting merit and respect for financial fair play. Above all, it would protect the players and excite fans around the world. We are at the beginning of a new time, we will be able to work freely and without threats, with the aim of innovating and improving football. From today the present and future is finally in the hands of clubs and fans. We have a great responsibility. It will mark a before and after, it is a great day for the history of football” said Real’s president in a statement. UEFA takes note of the judgment delivered today by the ECJ in the European Super League case.Full statement: ⬇️— UEFA (@UEFA) December 21, 2023 The other remaining club, Barcelona, also expressed satisfaction after the court ruling. “As one of the driving entities of the Super League, FC Barcelona considers that the ruling opens the way to a new top-level football competition in Europe by demonstrating against the figure of the monopoly in the world of football, and wants to offer a proposal for dialogue on what the European competition model of the future should be” reads the statement. In the coming days and months, we will see what will Super League do and how will they try to attract clubs to play. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7753559##
