Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus reunite to discuss Super League plans

The European Super League project was one of the lowest moments in football in 2021.

A rogue competition involving just 20 elite clubs in Europe, it was the brainchild of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli.

Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, AC Milan, Inter Milan were the other ten teams involved in the formation of the Super League, along with Juve and Real Madrid.

The tournament would be contested between 15 ‘founding members’ of the competition and five qualified teams split into two groups of ten in a Round-Robin format.

However, the project crashed and burned even before it could take off as fans launched mass protests against the breakaway league, forcing clubs to back off. The Premier League clubs were the first ones to pull out and others followed suit.

But Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus remain adamant about rebranding and relaunching the project as a competitor to the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League.

Now Financial Times (h/t SPORT) is reporting that the supremos of the three clubs Perez (Real Madrid), Agnelli (Juventus) and Barcelona president Joan Laporta are set to meet in the coming days as they look to take the project back to the public in 2022.

The report claims that the trio had already held a meeting back in August last year to discuss the next steps for their idea. Now, they are planning further talks as they look to relaunch the project while avoiding legal issues against UEFA and other footballing bodies that oppose it.

So, the European Super League project could very well rear its ugly head yet again in the new year, with potential tweaks to the initial format that was proposed. Fans, though, are unlikely to be swayed, but it seems like Perez & co. remain stubborn about their project.