The situation
The European clubs have received a letter from the promoters of the Super League warning of the danger that the Premier now poses for all of them. According to the information of the Times , the power of the English league is considered a risk for the welfare of football. Its inordinate economic muscle “is outperforming all other continental leagues” and the Champions League “is increasingly dominated by English clubs backed by hedge funds, public investment funds, sheikhs and oligarchs,” the notice says. Just a few days after A22, the company that supports the Super League project, announced the appointment of Bernd Reichart as the company’s new CEO, the English championship comes out badly in this internal report to which the newspaper has had access. “ The English Premier League (EPL) is becoming a global Super League and is outstripping the combined net spend on transfers of its continental rivals. This summer, EPL clubs spent €2.25bn, more than La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 combined.Newly promoted Nottingham Forest’s net spend of €160m was more than the total of Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 (a total of 78 clubs) combined. The Premier League offers salary costs almost double that of its next continental rival, ”says the letter. He continues: “In addition to television income, the six big English clubs are owned by a billionaire investor or a state fund.
The details
The Champions League is no longer a truly open European tournament. It is increasingly dominated by English clubs and there are few continental exceptions trying to keep up. Two of the last four finals have been entirely English and only Madrid avoided a third in June. In the last five years, approximately 75% of the Champions League semi-finalists have been from England, plus the few continental exceptions of PSG, Real Madrid and Bayern. In full legal action of the Super League against UEFA for a possible monopoly in the organization of competitions, now it is the Premier that also takes the complaint to its promoters. It must be remembered that the six founding English clubs of the tournament resigned the following day due to political and social pressure. In fact, they have had to sign an agreement that would mean their expulsion from the Premier if they joined a new competition outside its rules.