#european-super-league

#european-super-league

Further expansion of major football competitions is "questionable" given concerns about protecting the environment, says a senior figure in the European Clubs' Association.A new agreement with world governing body Fifa around the international match calendar up to 2030 was the central aspect of the influential ECA's two-day general meeting in Budapest.

Chelsea manager Graham Potter has said his position on plans for a European Super League (ESL) will not change even if the club are involved in the proposed breakaway competition.A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor and assist in the creation of the ESL said on Thursday that revamped plans for the league could see "60-80 clubs" involved.

The financial gap between the Premier League and the rest of Europe's top divisions is "too big", says AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli.Premier League clubs spent £815m during the January transfer window - nearly four times the combined £225m spent in Spain, Italy, Germany and France.

The strategy of the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, to try to purchase Manchester United while also owning Paris Saint-Germain will be to demonstrate to Uefa that each club will be controlled by a separate entity.Buying a minority stake in United is not currently of interest, it is understood.

It was almost a lazy, cruise-controlled win, but Bayern Munich had to go and ruin it by conceding a late goal and then almost falling apart against VfB Stuttgart.The signs are promising ahead of the crucial Champions League game vs PSG, however as noted by the coach and Goretzka, Bayern need to work on closing out the game.

The 'bring back Lionel Messi' campaign by the media, fans and even the manager at Barcelona is growing by the day.And while the heart tells everyone the homecoming of their greatest son is written in the stars, the head says there are many hurdles to overcome before it becomes reality.No-one knows this better than the decision-makers at Barcelona - especially president Joan Laporta, who decided two seasons ago that Messi was unaffordable despite having assured him a deal was in place to keep him.

The crassest leader in global sport was at it again last week, making a comparison between Rwanda's recovery from genocide to his own struggles to be elected Fifa president for the first time.It was another one of those Gianni Infantino car-crash moments you could see looming from a mile off, from the moment he explained how his 2016 campaign had appeared to hit the skids, before a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial encouraged him to keep fighting.

Fifa will stage an expanded Club World Cup featuring 32 men's teams from June 2025, says its president Gianni Infantino.Football's world governing body also hopes to introduce a women's version, with both held every four years.'World Series' friendly tournaments to be played between nations of different confederations are also planned.

Things are not going well at Juventus at the moment.The club faces serious legal trouble, with the entire board having resigned over allegations of fraud and false accounting.Now, according to CdS, a certain Bayern Munich star may have had a role in their downfall.Yes, Matthijs de Ligt apparently played a key role in helping Italian prosecutors gain evidence for the investigation.

After 17 years, Manchester United are finally on the market and the roundly detested ownership of the Glazer family appears finally to be coming to an end.But what does a good, and realistic, outcome for United supporters look like?What can a football supporter reasonably expect of an owner of their club in 2022?

Real Madrid and Barcelona are exploring the possibility of facing each other in the United States again next summer, various sources have told ESPN.The Clasico rivals played in Las Vegas on July 24 last year, with Barca prevailing 1-0 in front of a crowd of almost 63,000 at the Allegiant Stadium.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Madrid and Barca also played in Miami in 2017, with the Catalan side winning 3-2 on that occasion, and the idea this time would be to find a venue on the West Coast, with sources telling ESPN Los Angeles and San Francisco are two of the options on the table.

Barcelona's Joan Laporta says he will not give La Liga chief executive Javier Tebas "what he'd like by stepping down" as president of the club.On Monday, Tebas said Laporta should resign if he was unable to explain payments Barcelona made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee.

Former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli has reiterated his belief in a European Super League in a farewell speech at the Italian club.Agnelli was one of the chief architects of the breakaway plans to form the ESL in 2021.The 47-year-old and the rest of the Juventus board resigned en masse in November amid a police investigation into the club's transfers.

After 12 years overseeing the return of Juventus to the top of Italian football, Andrea Agnelli has stepped down as President of the club that has been in his family for decades.Agnelli and the Board stepped down under a cloud of suspicion last month with investigations ongoing into financial irregularities in the club's transfer business.

If there's anything that annoys a German, it's financial imprudence.This goes doubly so for German football clubs, who tend to be well run with a few exceptions.So, speaking to Bild, it's no surprise that Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn expressed his disdain for big clubs who run up massive losses year after year.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta wants UEFA to get on board with a European Super League because football "needs it" to stop Premier League clubs from running away from the rest.Barca, Real Madrid and Juventus remain standing from the 12 founder members of the Super League project in their pursuit of a new competition for Europe's top clubs.

A seismic shake-up of the governance of English football including the creation on an independent regulator for the elite game will move closer with the publication of a wide-ranging government white paper on Thursday.The long-awaited paper, which has received cross-party support, comes in response to 10 strategic recommendations from a Fan-Led Review of Football Governance chaired by former sports minister Tracey Crouch in 2021.

Juventus have been docked 15 points following an investigation into the club's past transfer dealings, Italy's football federation (FIGC) says.The Serie A giants were accused of fixing their balance sheets by artificial gains from club transfers.Juventus had been in third place but the penalty will drop them to 10th.

Surprise package Morocco will look to end their World Cup on a high as they face Croatia in the third-place play-off in Qatar.Meanwhile, finalists France have been hit by a sickness bug ahead of their bid to defend their 2018 title against Argentina on Sunday.Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what lies ahead from the final two days at the World Cup.

Croatia and Morocco provide the prelude to Sunday's final with the third-place play-off in Qatar.Meanwhile, France have been hit by a sickness bug ahead of their bid to defend their 2018 title against Argentina.Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what lies ahead from the final two days at the World Cup.

More than 50 Manchester United supporters groups have listed their demands of potential buyers of the club - including a commitment to not joining the European Super League and continued development of the women's team.In an open letter, fan groups said they want any new owner to "nurture and invest" in the club, and recognise it as "more than just a commercial asset".

While some competition called the World Cup goes on in the Middle East, Juventus have bigger issues closer to home with news of impending investigations, mass resignations and other boardroom chaos descending on the club this week.What we know so far is that the entire board has left the club, starting with club president Andrea Agnelli, though reports yesterday indicated that coach Massimiliano Allegri and Director of Football Federico Cherubini have been asked to stay on.