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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Dave Powell

Barcelona chief Joan Laporta makes fresh Super League claim about Liverpool

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has claimed that communication has continued with Liverpool and the other five Premier League clubs who turned their back on the European Super League over another tilt at the competition.

Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were the English sides to initially sign up for the 12-team competition back in 2021, joining Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid in trying to engineer the most seismic change that the European game had seen for decades.

But after a fierce backlash from fans, governing bodies, governments and the wider football family, nine of the clubs stepped away from the plans to leave only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus as the willing participants in the ESL plan.

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