Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has name checked Celtic as part of his tirade against the current European football structure.
The chat of a European Super League won't go away and the Italian is an advocate for such plans that were hounded out by fans in 2021. Both the Old Lady and La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid have remained strong in their hopes for plans that would break off from the current UEFA system of the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League, despite fierce opposition. New plans for the revolution include a mix of 60-80 teams with promotion and relegation, and an equal cash share.
Speaking to Dutch site De Telegraaf, he's named Celtic as one of the clubs who don't benefit from the current system that already has a ESL-like division in the Premier League residing within it. He explained: "In 2019 we were ready, Aleksander (Ceferin, UEFA president) and I. The top clubs from all ECA subdivisions had agreed on a new format but Ceferin backed down. The clubs were defending a European football system revamped and improved. When UEFA drew a line below that, plans were made outside of UEFA to organize a new league with all ECA clubs.
