Its ideas have gained sympathy in some boardrooms beyond England, whose wealth-fattened top sides are generally content with the Champions League reforms that headed off the Super League project. Regardless of the ECJ’s conclusion, there are plenty on the continent who expect a fresh Super League attempt from one angle or another is a matter of time. Khelaifi was influential in nixing the Super League, but other nation-run entities may not be as considered in the future. They feel Uefa winning the Super League case would, although the preferable outcome, only enhance the status quo. The battle for European football’s future may only be warming up.

Source: Irish Independent October 15, 2023 07:38 UTC