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Uefa suspends legal action against Super League rebels

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European football’s governing body Uefa has suspended legal action against Real Madrid, Juventus and Barcelona over their role in attempting to launch a breakaway European Super League.

“The Uefa appeal Body has decided to stay the proceedings until further notice,” Uefa said on Wednesday (June 9) without specifying their reasons.

Real, Juventus and Barcelona held out when nine of the original 12 clubs backtracked and struck a deal with Uefa last month.

The six English sides involved reached a financial settlement with the Premier League  earlier on Wednesday worth a combined £22 million (S$40 million).

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham announced themselves among the founder members of the competition in April, but the project quickly collapsed after widespread opposition.

They were joined by Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan when agreeing to forego 5 per cent of their revenue from Uefa competitions for one season and pay a combined €15 million (S$24 million) donation to support grassroots’ and youth football in Europe.

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Uefa then announced it was opening formal disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, “for a potential violation of Uefa’s legal framework”.

-AFP

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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