Barcelona president Joan Laporta is confident in an eventual kick-off of the European Super League and has already indicated a date.
The Spaniard also believes that there will be no English Premier League teams in a first phase.
“I think that the European Super League will be a reality in 2025,” Laporta said, leaving the real objectives still on the table.
“We will create a European competition that competes with the Premier League. I think that English teams will not enter, at first.”
“We would like them to enter, but my opinion is that they will not enter and that everything will end in a merger.” Laporta said.
Laporta, who considers the Superliga an open competition, thus awaits the Court of Justice’s ruling and explained what is necessary for the competition to become a reality.
“We want leadership to belong to the clubs. I hope UEFA takes another seat at the leadership table,” Laporta said.
The announcement of the creation of the Superliga, an elite competition that intended to rival the UEFA Champions League, shook the foundations of football in Europe, but quickly lost strength, in the face of criticism from various quarters, from the structures of the sport, to governments national.
According to reports, the Super League clubs would have to break away entirely from the existing football ecosystem if they wished to pursue the project.
Recently, the position of UEFA and FIFA has seen their opposition against the tournament gain more strength.
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham were the founding clubs, but most of these ignored the league shortly after strong opposition, including from the fans themselves, with only Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus remaining.
