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When the head of Uefa heard on Saturday that many of the world’s most famous football clubs were on the verge of announcing a radical plan to join a breakaway “Super League” that would upend the sport, he knew who to ask. Aleksander Ceferin, president of European football’s governing body Uefa, turned to Andrea Agnelli, a scion of the Italian billionaire dynasty that owns Turin-based Juventus, Italy’s most dominant football club. “[Agnelli] said these are only rumours and then he said I’ll call you in one hour,” Ceferin told a press conference on Monday. “He turned off his phone. The next day, we get the announcement.” That announcement late on Sunday — with Agnelli named as a vice-chair of the Super League — has rocked global football, shaken fans and prompted outrage from heads of government from the UK to France. Twelve of the wealthiest clubs including England’s Manchester United and Liverpool, Spain’s Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, and Italy’s Juventus and AC Milan declared they would join a new continental contest, one they alone would control as shareholders and in which they are guaranteed a place each season. Comments are closed.
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