After European Court of Justice ruling in favor of Super League, ECA release official statement

The Super League looks to be on its way to dethrone UEFA and their dominance in European football, as the European Court of Justice has ruled against UEFA and FIFA stating them to be in violation of the European competition law. This verdict sets up for the Super League to make another impact on club football.

The ruling of the ECJ now allows clubs to choose their own path if they may, and also pumps a billion each into Real Madrid and FC Barcelona as they were the sole suitors in the case. However, the European Club Association, headed by PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have released a statement rubbishing the Super League idea.

European Court of Justic’s verdict to Super League

The European Court of Justice’s ruling that the new competition’s prohibition violated EU law may result in the Super League reinstating. The court found that UEFA and FIFA have a monopoly active in Europe, and ruled that they are in violation of the “abuse of dominance” under Competition law.

The verdict stated that UEFA and FIFA cannot block the creation of a new league, as it is contrary to the law. According to the verdict, FIFA and UEFA must ensure that their control over potential new tournaments is “transparent, objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate”.

However, mentioning Super League in a subtle way, the verdict stated, “Moreover, given their arbitrary nature, their rules on approval, control and sanctions must be held to be unjustified restrictions on the freedom to provide services. That does not mean that a competition such as the Super League project must necessarily be approved. The Court does not rule on that specific project in its judgment.”

ECA release official statement on Super League

When the Super League came about initially in 2021, with the backing of Florentino Perez, Joan Laporta and Bernd Reichart, it was immediately shut due to public backlash. However, after the verdict, there is a new possibility that the league might not be far away.

However, ECA released an official statement right after the court put out its verdict. ECA has stressed on the fact that the judgment, in no way, shape or form, supports or endorses creation of a new getaway league. 

ECA has also stated that there are mechanisms to be introduced soon that will improve the status quo, and wrote, “Major progressive governance reforms have already been put in place across the ecosystem of football in Europe and worldwide, including new UEFA rules for competition pre-authorisation; and in particular, reforms under ECA’s Memorandum of Understanding.”

This essentially means the ECA will try tackling all the allegations of monopoly made by ESL, and attempt closing them down in the near future. The race to get supreme authority heats up and it will be interesting to take note of updates in the coming weeks.

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