Real Madrid and Super League backers set to demand €4bn from Uefa | OneFootball

Real Madrid and the promoter of the Super League intend to demand more than 4 billion euros (24.9 billion reais) from UEFA, which is accused of blocking their European football competition project, a source close to the case told AFP this Thursday (30).

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A Madrid court confirmed on Wednesday that the entity governing European football “abused its dominant position” by attempting to block the creation of a European Super League in 2021, paving the way, according to the promoter, for A22 Sports Management and Real Madrid to initiate legal proceedings.

A22 Management “celebrated” in a statement this “third consecutive verdict” in its favor, considering UEFA’s “monopoly” to be “illegal” in the eyes of European justice, and asserting that the institution governing European football caused “substantial damage to numerous clubs, players, and other actors in the European football ecosystem”.

A22 regretted that UEFA had “rejected all avenues of compromise” and “reforms,” despite several months of discussions, and stated it had “no other option” but to “initiate proceedings to be compensated for the damages suffered.”

The scope of the court’s decision, however, is uncertain, as it sanctions UEFA’s rules that were in effect in 2021, when this process was opened, but which changed the following year.

“This decision does not validate either the abandoned ‘Super League’ project announced in 2021, nor does it question the UEFA rules adopted in 2022 and updated in 2024, which remain fully in force. These rules ensure that every cross-border competition is evaluated according to objective, transparent, non-discriminatory, and proportionate criteria,” UEFA argued in a statement sent to AFP.

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