FIFA, UEFA win EU court adviser backing on rules contested by Super League

Setback for the Super League: The EU lawyer believes that clubs can create it, but they cannot continue in FIFA and UEFA competitions without permission

First legal setback for big football clubs. The Advocate General of the EU ruled this Thursday on the controversial case of the Super League, the attempt last year...

EU court adviser backs FIFA and UEFA against breakaway Super League

The final verdict in the case is not expected until next year.

FIFA and UEFA did not breach EU laws in blocking European Super League, but proponents aren't for giving up

The decisions taken by soccer bodies FIFA and UEFA to block the European Super League (ESL) are in line with European Union (EU) competition laws, according to an EU Opinion issued on Thursday.

EU legal adviser sides with UEFA, FIFA in Super League case

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser proposes the European Court of Justice recognize that FIFA-UEFA rules under which the Super League project should be subject to prior approval are compatible with EU competition law. Advocate General Athanasios Rantos says while Super League organizers are entitled to their own independent competition outside UEFA and FIFA, they cannot also continue to play in UEFA and F…

EU lawyer supports FIFA and UEFA being able to exclude clubs and players from the Super League

FIFA and UEFA can ban clubs and players from participating in a future European Super League, according to Athanasios Rantos, general counsel of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Rantos announced this Thursday his conclusions on the controversy generated by the hypothetical creation of the Super League. Its opinion does not bind the CJEU, but it does propose a legal solution to this matter, on which the Court will rule. Twelve o…

Super League: the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice agrees with UEFA

This private tournament project, competing with those of UEFA, had sharply divided European football and led the body that regulates competitions on the old continent to issue threats of sanctions against the clubs involved.