TA: UEFA denies that the European Super League will come back, and any dialogue with A22 is not inconclusive.

October 20th According to "TA", UEFA has denied that the European Super League may come back. They stated that any dialogue with A22 is informal and inconclusive.

A few days ago, a newspaper beloved by Real Madrid reported that UEFA was negotiating with A22, ESL's financial backer, over a long-running legal dispute. According to reports, UEFA is willing to merge its three club competitions into a four-tier unified league, which is consistent with A22's rebranding plan in 2024.

However, people interviewed by "The Athletic" in Rome believed that this would not and should not happen, and UEFA quickly denied the news, saying that any dialogue with A22 was informal and inconclusive.

What people are indeed talking about is A22’s impending victory against UEFA in the Madrid Commercial Court. In 2021, UEFA took tough measures to suppress ESL, but these actions were later found by the European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court, to violate EU competition law. With this ruling, A22 has resumed its proceedings in the Spanish courts, and the verdict will be announced soon.

Does this mean the Unified League may be resurrected? Maybe. But the consensus in Rome is that A22 will likely receive a substantial compensation package, with the club using the victory as leverage to fight for more control over UEFA competitions. In other words, this is exactly what has been happening for decades.

After all, this is the historical background of EFC. It started as the G14, an elite group of 14 teams from seven countries that threatened to break away from UEFA in 1998 unless the Champions League was expanded from 16 to 32 teams. In 2008, the G14 became the ECA after reaching a peace agreement with FIFA and UEFA over compensation for players injured during international matches.

At that time, the ECA had 103 members, provided that these clubs all participated in UEFA competitions. That number didn't change much until 2021, when UEFA president Ceferin faced the existential threat of losing the Champions League.

Fortunately, ESL was a terrible idea and poorly executed. Most of those 12 clubs gave up quickly, with nine immediately returning to UEFA's arms.