Peres does not give up: "Bringing" the Superliga with a new concept

The German newspaper "Frankfurter Almanie Zeitung" writes about the changes in the composition of the Superliga as an alternative to the UEFA Champions League with the best 20 clubs and a possible second competition with an additional 20 clubs.

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The organizers of the football Superliga, whose concept failed under the pressure of fans, many institutions and the public, have not yet given up their desire to start that competition, reports the German news agency dpa.

The German newspaper "Frankfurter Almanie Zeitung" writes about changes in the composition of the Superleague as an alternative to the UEFA Champions League with the best 20 clubs and a possible second competition with an additional 20 clubs, all of which would continue to play in their national championships.

German journalists reportedly had access to a document that reveals some new rules and at the same time criticizes the existing UEFA-sponsored competition.

Only Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus remain as founders and advocates of the Super League, and Real's boss Florentino Peres is still the loudest advocate of the new project.

They are now calling for changes to the concept of the competition, which would no longer be closed to most clubs.

The document also highlights the criticism of UEFA due to the current composition of the Champions League, and the document itself is primarily aimed at the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Next year, the European Court of Justice will decide whether UEFA can be the only one with a monopoly on European club competitions, and in several previous cases the court ruled in favor of various competitions, especially in basketball, dpa writes.

Proponents of the Superliga are convinced that there are not enough quality matches in the Champions League, that the best players do not play each other often enough, and that the strongest matches are scheduled too late in the season. They accuse Uefa of not arousing enough interest among younger generations, which consequently leads to fewer viewers.

The original plan for a Super League with clubs in a closed club competition collapsed in April after protests from fans, league competitions, confederations and numerous governments across Europe.

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