November 15 – European clubs have promised to stay unified with UEFA on the future of competitions such as the Champions League amid reports that a breakaway Super League could soon emerge.
The commitment was reportedly made at this week’s meeting of UEFA’s Professional Football Strategy Council which comprises all the main stakeholders.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, who chaired the meeting, is understood to have been given assurances by club representatives that they would not back a Super League at what was the most high-ranking European football summit since the recent football revelations reported by Der Spiegel.
“All parties underlined their commitment to working together toward the development of club competitions under the leadership of UEFA,” the European soccer body said in a statement which did not specifically mention the breakaway idea.
A proposal to add a third-tier European club competition, while cutting the Europa League group stage from 48 teams to 32, was also discussed and is expected to be approved at a December 3 meeting of UEFA’s executive committee in Dublin.
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