Barcelona set to quit Super League, only Real Madrid remain | OneFootball

According to rumors coming from Catalonia, Barcelona is reportedly ready to definitively withdraw from the Super League project, thus leaving Real Madrid as the only club still involved in the initiative conceived by Florentino Pérez.

Barcelona, Catalans ready to leave the Super League: only Real Madrid remains in the project

The news, reported by the Catalan broadcaster RAC1, would represent a historic turning point in the European football landscape.

The turning point after the new Champions League

Barça’s change of course is said to be linked to the new balance introduced by UEFA with the reform of the Champions League, which has led to increased revenues and greater appreciation of the competition.

Many European clubs, including the Blaugrana, have welcomed the new format, considering it a concrete response to the demands made in recent years: more high-level matches and more substantial income for the participating clubs.

Laporta’s position

President Joan Laporta, who in the past had strongly supported the Super League together with Real Madrid and Juventus, now seems convinced that there is no longer a need for an alternative competition to the Champions League.

“The new format has made the Champions more attractive and sustainable for clubs,” Laporta is said to have confided to his collaborators. “There is no longer a need for a parallel tournament.”

With this decision, Barcelona would in fact align itself with the majority of the major European clubs, leaving Real Madrid isolated in the fight for a private tournament organized by the clubs.

Juventus’ exit and Real Madrid’s isolation

Juventus had already requested to leave the Super League project months ago, but the request had been rejected by both Barcelona and Real Madrid. With the Blaugrana’s change of position, Florentino Pérez would remain the only leader of the movement, with a project now lacking international support and increasingly weakened politically.

Improving relations with UEFA

Barcelona’s exit from the Super League would also represent a strategic step in relations with UEFA. In recent months, in fact, relations between the Catalan club and the organization presided over by Aleksander Ceferin have reportedly improved significantly.

A clear sign came with Ceferin’s presence at Montjuic for the Champions League clash between Barça and Paris Saint-Germain of Nasser Al Khelaifi, who has always been one of the strongest opponents of the Super League project.

An evolving scenario

If confirmed, Barcelona’s decision would mark the definitive end of the Super League, at least in its original form. A project born with the aim of revolutionizing European football but which, a few years later, now seems destined to remain a closed chapter in the history of the sport.

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