ECA distance themselves from Super League and back UEFA

The world of football has been shocked this Sunday by plans by several top European clubs to create a Super League. It has led to reaction from many all over the world. 

The European Clubs Association (ECA) which is led by Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, issued a statement on Sunday night saying that they distance themselves from the Super League. 

"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. 

"They added that the ECA refers "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, including proposed changes to the UEFA Club Competitions 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 statement continued.

They finished off saying the Executive Board would meet in the coming days to make decisions based on any further developments.

 

April 18, 2021