The Super League-UEFA conflict is far from closed. Following the order of the Madrid Court, which in fact returns to UEFA the possibility of punishing the clubs that promote the Super League project, the case is reopened. However, not immediately.
Nioni announced that nothing will happen next year. The three rebels, Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona, the only ones not withdrawing from the project, will be present at the next edition of the most important continental cup.
It all has to do with the 2023-24 edition, when the Champions League will be modified, going from 32 to 36 teams. In short, a modernization. To look a little more like the Super League model so much hated, precisely to get rid of any ambitions of the big clubs to create alternative tournaments.
In the past, UEFA had imposed fines of 100 million euros and exemption from cups for one or two years for the clubs involved. The sanctions were stopped by the Court of Madrid, which with the first act had suspended the proceedings, removing the preventive measures of FIFA and UEFA, as well as national championships and federations. The new referee of Madrid, Sofia Gil, has returned the power to UEFA to sanction the rebels in football institutions.
The first step will be the disciplinary trial which provides for a ban of 5% of UEFA bonuses for all teams involved in the uprising. The measures will also affect Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester City and United, Atletico Madrid, Milan and Inter, who had abandoned the project immediately in the face of the first dissatisfaction.
For the three main promoters (Juve, Barça and Real), who have declared the alternative league project only in stand-by, arousing Cefer's anger, there will be an additional fine of 15 million euros. The message is clear: whoever does not pay is out of the system. There are no Champions and other UEFA competitions, starting with the 2023-24 season.
The founding clubs of the Super League had so far been defended by the first decision of the Madrid Court, which had ordered the annulment of the precautionary measures pending a final decision. Already the scenario has changed and the balance has shifted in favor of the unification of European football federations. However, the decision of the European Court of Justice is expected, which will seal everything.