UEFA and FIFA can’t block European Super League, court rules

European Super League (ESL) organizers collected a significant victory inside a Madrid courtroom on Tuesday. A22, promoters of the breakaway league, won an appeal previously filed against FIFA and UEFA. The court rules UEFA and FIFA cannot punish the ESL. FIFA and UEFA wanted to sanction ESL organizers for attempting to form the league. Court […]

Many soccer fans know Apple TV+ for its irreverent comedy series Ted Lasso. Live soccer arrives later this Spring when the MLS/Apple $250 million, 10-year rights deal delivers the MLS Season Pass app, which will feature every MLS regular season and playoff game in one place for the first time. World Soccer Talk got a […]

FIFA and UEFA have received support from the European Court of Justice regarding their feud with European Super League organizers. Legal advisor Athanasios Rantos officially insisted that the court allow the two governing bodies of the sport to block the formation of the Super League. In his report, Rantos claimed that the failed league should […]

Spain's LaLiga has released a new video slamming the potential reintroduction of the European Super League. The failed league previously made formation attempts in April of 2021. A dozen top teams attempted to break away from their domestic league to create the Super League. However, plans quickly deteriorated and the league never quote got off […]

Officials of the failed European Super League are ready to look at a relaunch for the competition. The Financial Times reports that talks are currently ongoing. The league expects a fresh slate within the next three years. Although the ESL fell flat almost immediately after forming, there are still three big clubs that have continued […]

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has backtracked on his stance on the European Super League. Twelve of the bigger soccer clubs around the continent attempted to create their own league a year ago. The move, however, failed miserably as fans protested the proposal. Laporta has now claimed that these massive teams would get bored playing each other so […]

Luxembourg (AFP) – Lawyers for the rump of the Super League, the short-lived rival to the Champions League, on Monday denounced the "monopolistic" aims of European football's governing body (UEFA) at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg (CJEU).  The dispute over the alleged abuse of UEFA's dominant position is being heard by the CJEU […]

Vienna (AFP) – The Super League project "is over once and for all or at least for 20 years," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Wednesday.  "I don't like to call it Super league because it's everything but Super League," said the Slovenian after the Congress of the governing body of European football in Vienna. […]

The dismissal of the European Super League symbolized the rejection of the Americanization of European soccer. Essentially, closed leagues are not desirable in the European landscape. Promotion and relegation and the possibility of intercontinental competition makes European soccer special. However, European soccer has a crisis of competitiveness. Realistically, if only a fraction of clubs win […]

London (AFP) – English Premier League clubs flexed their financial muscle over the rest of Europe by brushing off the after-effects of reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic to spend over £1 billion ($1.4 billion) for the sixth consecutive summer transfer window. Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Manchester United headlined a stellar cast of stars, […]

The European Super League and US Soccer share a number of similarities. The Americanization of the sport in Europe face severe backlash from players and fans alike. Although, you would not see such reaction in the U.S. The European Super League – A failed coup inspired by American Exceptionalism For a little over 48 hours […]