Leading European Football Clubs Announce Participation in New Super League Competition
b'Twelve of Europe\xe2\x80\x99s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs.\nAC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atl\xc3\xa9tico de Madrid, Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona, FC Internazionale Milano, Juventus FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid CF and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as Founding Clubs.
- b'Twelve of Europe\xe2\x80\x99s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs.\nAC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atl\xc3\xa9tico de Madrid, Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona, FC Internazionale Milano, Juventus FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid CF and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as Founding Clubs.
- In recent months extensive dialogue has taken place with football stakeholders regarding the future format of European competitions.
- In addition, the competition will be built on a sustainable financial foundation with all Founding Clubs signing up to a spending framework.
- Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires.\xe2\x80\x9d\nBacking the new European league, Andrea Agnelli, Chairman of Juventus and Vice-Chairman of the Super League said: \xe2\x80\x9cOur 12 Founder clubs represent billions of fans across the globe and 99 European trophies.