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Jake Stokes

What new European Super League proposal means for Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and Champions League

The European Super League organisers have taken the next step towards launching a new version of the project which failed to to materialise two-years ago.

In an announcement by A22 — a Madrid-based company formed to assist the erection of the ESL — in several newspapers across Europe, they revealed that they want to recreate a new variation of controversial competition. Their declaration has coincided with the ongoing battle between the three remaining ESL supporting clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus with UEFA.

It's said that A22 have already held 'detailed conversations' with European clubs about the growing financial issues that they may have faced recently. The Premier League have faced growing criticism for its growing financial power in the transfer market, with Chelsea's signing of Enzo Fernandez (£106.7million) costing almost as much as the total spend of La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A combined (£115.5m) in January.

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