US EditionReal Madrid Takes on UEFA with £3.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Super...
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Despite the fact that the Superliga was almost just announced dead in April 2021, the precise legal framework of the project still maintains the commitment of Real Madrid to force changes in the European football landscape. Except for the one presided by Florentino Pérez, there are no clubs that support the project in public unequivocally. However, their successful movements in the courts have in tension to UEFA. Aleksander Ceferin, its presiden…
The two agencies have been negotiating changes in the current Champions League for eight months, but UEFA's refusal two weeks ago and the last ruling favorable to the Superleague could change the battle map Read
Real Madrid plans a billion-dollar lawsuit against UEFA, as Super League plans have been blocked. Court sees EU competition violation.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (TJEU) decided, in December 2023, that the rules in force in 2021, used by the bodies governing football - UEFA and FIFA - to block Superlagi, contravenes the law of the European Union and constituted an abuse of dominant position on the market.
Twelve clubs had once planned the revolution: the Super League. The project failed. Later, the Madrid Regional Court saw a violation of EU competition rules at Uefa – that is what Real Madrid wants to use for itself. The club sees the basis for a compensation claim.
Following a Madrid court ruling on UEFA's abuse of its dominant position, the royal club and the competition's promoters are seeking 3.44 billion euros in damages.
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