Miguel Delaney: The Super League is back under a new banner. But will the ‘Unify League’ ever get off the ground?
The European Court of Justice ruled that the rules used by UEFA and FIFA to block the formation of the Super League in April 2021 were contrary to EU law (Adam Davy/PA)
The new Super League idea still has no extra clubs, and now needs Uefa approval for that to change. Therein lies one of the circular issues for the rebranded “Unify League”, that has brought football right back around, albeit with declining interest.
This is the third successive Christmas that has been preceded by a Super League story – “the annual Florentino Perez pantomime”, as one source put it – after the last two legal controversies. Some senior figures in football even expressed surprise that it took the company charged with organising the Super League, A22, this long to come up with a new format following last year’s European Court of Justice ruling that criticised the governance of both Uefa and Fifa. But then they now have to pass pre-authorisation rules that had been amended before that. Those…
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