The Super League project is back into discussion with a new plan and format including from 60 to 80 teams competing in a “multi-divisional competition”. The new-look Super League would be based on “sporting performance” only with no permanent members, as per The Athletic.
Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of the A22 Sports Management Group, which is behind the plans, said on Thursday that a revamped Super League would be based on sporting performance and not contain any permanent membership from any clubs.
Reichart added that A22 had consulted with nearly 50 European clubs since October last year and developed 10 principles based on that consultation which underpin its plans for the new-look league.
Reichart told Die Welt the following: "The foundations of European football are in danger of collapsing. It’s time for a change. It is the clubs that bear the entrepreneurial risk in football. But when important decisions are at stake, they are too often forced to sit idly by on the sidelines as the sporting and financial foundations crumble around them. Our talks have also made it clear that clubs often find it impossible to speak out publicly against a system that uses the threat of sanctions to thwart opposition. Our dialogue was open, honest, constructive and resulted in clear ideas about what changes are needed and how they could be implemented. There is a lot to do and we will continue our dialogue."
