The six English clubs initially enrolled in the Super league European football club have agreed to pay a joint fine of 22 million pounds (25.5 million euros) to the Premier, after withdrawing from a project in which the Real Madrid, the FC Barcelona and the Juventus, as reported on Wednesday by the Sky chain and later announced by the Premier League itself.
The Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United Y Tottenham have also accepted that future membership in competitions alternative to those organized by the UEFA wave Premier will be punished with “more than 20 million pounds” (23.2 million euros) and the deduction of 30 points from the league classification, said that British media.
Sky pointed out, before the UEFA statement suspending the proceedings against Barça, Real Madrid and Juventus, that the financial penalties will be comparable to those that it plans to impose the UEFA, although the English League will charge them directly in “cash”, instead of deducting a percentage of the profits obtained by the television rights in the following season, another option that the highest level of European football values.
The six aforementioned English clubs appeared on April 18 as founding members, along with six others, of the so-called European Super League, but they abandoned the project just three days later, under pressure from the Premier, UEFA, FIFA, his hobbies and the British Government.
The UEFA has launched a disciplinary investigation for a possible violation of its legal framework by the Real Madrid, the Barcelona and the Juventus, which could lead to fines and your exclusion from the Champions League. This Wednesday, however, UEFA issued a statement in which it suspended the procedure against these three clubs.
The three rebel clubs, for their part, have brought this question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to decide whether there is abuse of a dominant position of the UEFA in the 'Superliga case.