October 15 – They thought it was all over…it may not be. Despite the general consensus throughout the game that the Super League concept is truly dead and buried, the man trying to get it off the ground is adamant it still has legs.
Bernd Reichart, CEO of A22, the company promoting the Super League, has confirmed steps are being taken to launch the new competition in September 2025.
In a warning to UEFA and FIFA, Reichart says the new Champions League format has not met people’s expectations. To support his claim, he recalled the recent thrashings by Bayern Munich over Dinamo Zagreb (9-2) and by Borussia Dortmund over Celtic (7-1).
“In my eyes there are more matches without any real consequence for the outcome of the tournament,” Reichart told Kicker magazine.
“In our opinion, the (Super League) matches will be more interesting as long as they are played with the maximum at stake on equal terms. That is why we are in favour of a classic league format with two-legged matches followed by a play-off.”
Recalling recent European Court of Justice judgements, not least last December when the ECJ ruled that UEFA and FIFA broke EU competition rules by attempting to block the seemingly doomed breakaway league, Reichart added: “The pillars on which the monopoly of these organisations has been based until now are collapsing. The willingness of clubs to talk has significantly increased and the fear of retaliation has been reduced.”
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