THE ESSENTIAL MODIFICATION TO ENTICE PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS IS THAT THE EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE "MAY BE OPERATING BY 2024."
By the 2024–25 season, a brand-new
European Super League without any regular players may be operational, according
to the chief executive of the organization behind the failed venture.
A22 Sports Management, which was
established in April of last year to support and aid in the development of the
planned 12-team breakaway league, has engaged Bernd Reichart.
While he is aware that negotiations may go forward without the participation of England's big six, Reichart's first task is to start conversations with football stakeholders throughout Europe. He is hoping that they will do so.
The European Super League, which
currently has 20 teams, should model its club-run structure after the Premier
League, according to the German media executive.
When asked whether the unsuccessful
project may resume in 2024–25, Reichart said to the PA news agency, "That
could be the first logical and realistic call, but there are so many factors
that I can't realistically predict. The first sensible call was presumably that
one.
After Premier League teams Arsenal,
Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham withdrew
in response to criticism from their own fans as well as other influential
players in the sport, the debut of the European Super League in 2021 rapidly
came to an end.
Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus
are ultimately the only original participants who have remained committed to
the initiative, although they argue that lessons have been learned from the
failure of the previous 18 months.
"First, certainly, there has
been a major reevaluation, and the notion of openness and removing the
permanent membership off the table is spreading out," said new CEO
Reichart.
I may assert that the three clubs
have legitimately reevaluated and used certain lessons they learned from the
first strategy. "I am aware of what the English clubs expressed a year and
a half ago, but I think the entire football community is enjoying the attitude
to continue to care and attempt to come up with answers," the English
clubs said a year and a half ago. At first, the conversation may go without
them (English clubs). I'll speak to clubs abroad, but this isn't at all an
exclusive project; it's an inclusive one. Of course, the scenario with English
clubs and the Premier League serves as a good illustration of how appealing a
club-run tournament may truly be and what a difference it can make when the
finest players are pitted against one another week in and week out.
"Let's
see, I would want to hear their viewpoint as well. Let's get started today.
In addition,
Reichart is open to discussion with UEFA notwithstanding the impending European
Court of Justice deadline.
On December
15, recommendations will be made in the case brought by A22 Sports Management,
which contends that UEFA and FIFA, the governing bodies of European and
international soccer, violated European competition law by first obstructing
the league's formation and then using its results to penalize the involved
clubs.
By the spring
of 2023, a resolution is anticipated, although Reichart emphasized: "My
message (to UEFA) would be an invitation for conversation as well."
They received
a letter from us. I believe it will go unanswered, just as it did a year and a
half ago, but let's see whether they realize that conversation is important and
that we are not against anybody but in favor of many things. We are available
to take their call. According to us, the regulatory environment has to change.
We think that clubs, who are funding the whole sector and suffering all the
costs, should have a voice in who their rivals are. As of right now, they
cannot vote directly. Two of the twenty (votes) come from the European Club
Association (ECA), which is already somewhat connected to UEFA. "It is
reasonable that clubs, who in fact on a domestic level are a part of a
diversified form of self-governance are raising their hands saying we need to
do better, we can do better, and we should have the serenity to manage our own
destiny," the author writes.