Spanish league CEO: Super League ideas endure at clubs, FIFA
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European club soccer still faces threats from leaders of the failed Super League project and the FIFA president, Spanish league CEO Javier Tebas claimed Thursday.“The concept of the Super League hasn’t died,” Tebas warned club and league officials in an online meeting hosted by the 30-nation European Leagues group. The Spanish official targeted presidents of the three Super League founders who refuse to renounce it — Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus and FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who acknowledged last week he had talked to clubs about new ideas.
Infantino should have informed Champions League organizer UEFA instead of keeping the talks secret, insisted Tebas, who now represents leagues on the European soccer body’s executive committee.
“The danger is not just the words of these big clubs that failed, it’s also the words of the president of FIFA,” Tebas said in translated comments. The Super League project was announced last month by 12 founding clubs, including six from England, but it then collapsed within 48 hours amid a fierce backlash from fans and threats of legislation from the British government.
