Almost two years after the original European Super League collapsed in the space of 48 hours, a new-look competition is again being proposed by sports development company A22 Sports Management.
These latest proposals, as outlined on Thursday, triple or even quadruple the number of clubs involved from the initial 20 to between 60 and 80 teams. There will also now no longer be permanent members, with participation instead determined by 'annual sporting merit', which is also reiterated by the describing the league as an 'open, multi-divisional competition'.
Manchester City and Manchester United were two of the founding dozen members back in April 2021, alongside Premier League rivals Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Spanish sides Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid, plus Italian teams AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus. All but three of those clubs (Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus) withdrew from the competition within two days of its public announcement.
