UEFA issued a note in which it communicated its decision to “suspend” the disciplinary proceedings that it had opened against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for their attempt to create the Superliga. The note reads as follows: “Following the opening of disciplinary proceedings against FC Barcelona, Juventus FC and Real Madrid CF for a possible violation of the UEFA legal framework in relation to the so-called 'Superliga' project, the UEFA's Appellate Body has decided to suspend the proceedings until further notice. “
Although UEFA does not give more details, it all has to do with the order of the Commercial Court number 17 of Madrid that was once submitted to the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg and recently communicated to the body chaired by Ceferin. UEFA will wait for the CJEU to rule on the preliminary ruling from the Spanish court on whether the highest European football body is abusing its dominant position in breach of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, for prohibiting participation in alternative competitions despite the existence of a conflict of interest.
Also “for forcing the clubs and potentially the Super League to give up the rights to exploit the competitions in which they participate” and requested that it be declared that FIFA and UEFA are preventing free competition in the market by imposing unjustified and disproportionate restrictions on the Super League.
In said order of the Madrid court, UEFA is prohibited from taking any form of sanction against the three clubs for their attempt to create the Super League. According to the Lugano agreement, the jurisprudence of that order also has power in Switzerland, where UEFA and FIFA reside for tax purposes.
There are several legal nuances behind this UEFA decision. The main one is that if it sanctioned the three clubs, it would go against a judicial decision, which could mean that their members would be persecuted for not cooperating with justice. UEFA's plan must now go through appealing the order that prevents him from sanctioning, although all this can make the process take longer and play against you.
Satisfaction
The news, on the other hand, was very well received among the promoters of the Super League. It is considered to be one more step in his legal battle against UEFA and may be a turning point in the case. All this on the day that the Premier League clubs that decided to leave the Super League agreed to pay 20 million to the rest of the English for that failed attempt, a money that must be added to that which they agreed to pay UEFA for the same reason.