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THERE is no potential for the European Super League to be resurrected, according to European Club Association chairman Nasser al-Khelaifi.
The breakaway competition collapsed within 72 hours of its official inception last April amid fan outrage and opposition from the football authorities, but its backers at Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus remain convinced the project is not a failure and that the European game is in desperate need of reform.
Khelaifi, the president of Paris St Germain who rejected invitations to join the league last year, says the prospect of revenues for clubs up by 40 per cent in the next Champions League cycle from 2024 prove the plotters were “wrong on every single angle.”
He said at the ECA general assembly in Vienna today: “Regarding the non-Super League, it doesn’t exist. Not the first [version], not the second.
“Everybody is against it — from the fans, the media, clubs, small and big clubs. They are three [clubs] only.”
The trio are challenging Uefa in the European Court of Justice.
