The European Super League is back on the table, according to Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville.
The former Manchester United and England defender shared a Tweet on Thursday morning, claiming that a trio of major European clubs, who still back the idea, are leading a charge to resurrect the controversial plot.
Premier League sides including Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham drew huge criticism when signing up to the original European Super League proposals in April last year, before pulling out following a massive backlash from supporters and other football stakeholders.
Neville said: "The ESL is back on the table. Real, Barca and Juve are pushing. It’s critical we accelerate the Fan Led Review recommendations through Parliament with Legislation to protect English football and allow any new proposals to be viewed with independence."
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According to the Telegraph, Juventus supremo Andrea Agnelli will announce tomorrow that he is prepared to fight UEFA over the existence of the breakaway league.
Along with Real Madrid and Barcelona, Juventus are looking to take a legal case against UEFA to the European Court of Justice.
The three clubs believe that football's European governing body holds a monopoly over the organisation of European competitions and that the court will find in their favour.
It is understood that the three sides are looking to remove the original stipulation that meant 15 of the founder clubs were guaranteed to appear in the competition and could not be relegated, considered to be one of the most unpopular aspects of the tournament.
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In order to make such a change however, the three clubs would need the backing of other 'founder member clubs' AC Milan, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid as well as the six English Premier League clubs, who have thus far shown no intention of returning to the proposed Super League.
Back in September, Liverpool reaffirmed their ESL stance in a statement which said: "Our involvement in the proposed ESL plans has been discontinued.
"We are absolutely committed to following that through and there should be no ambiguity to suggest otherwise."
