Real Madrid planning to sue UEFA for €4.5 billion after court ruling – report | OneFootball

In a breaking update, AS relay that Real Madrid and the company promoting the Super League, A22, are planning on filing a massive lawsuit against UEFA. 

This comes after the Provincial Court of Madrid ruled in favour of the Super League in the dispute against UEFA, La Liga, and the RFEF earlier this week.

A22 and Real Madrid claim that the organisation must ‘compensate for the damages suffered’ by them and all parties involved in the Super League.

The amount they demand is no meagre sum either as they claim damages of up to €4.5 billion – a colossal amount that reflects the gravity of the situation as they claim reputational damage and a loss of profit.

The root of the situation

Real Madrid was one of the founding members behind the idea of the Super League as a new competition challenging UEFA’s Champions League and their authority over elite football.

The idea was to start a competition where participating clubs gain more directly from both television rights and ticket sales.

Real Madrid planning on suing UEFA. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

UEFA held over a dozen meetings with the team responsible for the Super League with the reported intention of reaching a mutual agreement that would allow for such a competition to be born.

After all, it is only in compliance with the Court of Justice of the European Union that UEFA cannot misuse their dominant position to impediment free competition.

All the meetings, however, were fruitless and Real Madrid and A22 now claim that UEFA never had any intention of reaching an agreement and participated in the meetings only to delay the formation of the competition and find a way to prevent it from coming to life.

The question now, is the legal precedent the lawyers will follow to ensure the success of the lawsuit, something that is not completely impossible given that there is a real claim to damages.