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Graeme Young

Celtic and Rangers on alert over 'rebel three' as Super League plot causes major Champions League headache

European football has been placed on red alert amid the 'rebel three''s latest move to make their botched Super League a reality.

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus remain defiant over their desire to breathe new life into a breakaway competition and now affiliate company A22 have announced the appointment of leading German TV bigwig Bernd Reichart as their new CEO. The La Liga giants and the Serie A big-hitters refuse to give up on a rival to the Champions League despite the disastrous coup being met with condemnation from world football in April 2021.

The 'big six' from the English Premier League were forced into retreat with the £4.5billion event collapsing under its own bluster. Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund were against it, while the likes of Celtic, Rangers and a host of European names outwith Spain, England and Italy watched on as the power grab spectacularly failed. UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin condemned the mutineers but there was a belief the architects of the plot remained unbowed despite backing down.

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