The European Court of Justice is to deliver its recommendations relating to the future of the European Super League.
After the collapse of the original ESL plan in April 2021, where nine of the 12 clubs who had signed up initially to a breakaway competition opted to turn their back on it in the face of much anger from fans, governing bodies and the wider football family, the three clubs that remained espoused to the idea challenged UEFA through the courts.
The European Super League Company, S.L, effectively made up of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus, began legal proceedings through the Madrid courts over what they saw as a UEFA's monopoly on the European game - and whether it could be a potential breach of EU competition law. The legal action was not taken so much with a view to resurrecting the failed ESL plan from April 2021, but to clear the road for another tilt at launching a breakaway competition in the future.
