European football giants announce plan to form Super League

Paris: Twelve of Europe’s most powerful clubs announced the launch of a breakaway European Super League on Monday in a potentially seismic shift in the way football is run.

Six Premier League teams — Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham — are involved, alongside Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan.

Organisers said in a statement that three more founding members would be announced, with a further five places up for grabs through a qualifying system each year, with the inaugural edition to start as “soon as practicable”.

The clubs said they would all “continue to compete in their respective national leagues, preserving the traditional domestic match calendar which remains at the heart of the club game.”

But before the official announcement, European football’s governing body UEFA and the three countries’ football authorities said the clubs would be banned from their national leagues and the UEFA-run Champions League.

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