UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has compared the stances of Liverpool and Manchester United against their Premier League rivals over the failed plan to create a European Super League two years ago.
Next month will mark the second anniversary of the attempts of 12 of European football’s biggest clubs to form a breakaway competition, a move that ended in abject failure just 48 hours on from its launch on the eve of the UEFA executive committee meeting that was to be focused on Champions League reform.
Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan had all initially signed up to the project until a fierce backlash from fans, governing bodies, governments and the wider football community kicked the proposals into touch.
