(Football news) A revamped European Super League proposal has been angrily dismissed by European football governing body UEFA who have said that the whole of European football opposes their greedy plan". A two and a half hour meeting involving a delegation of three A22 Sports Management representatives and football’s most significant stakeholders did not end well with the A22 calling themselves an independent body despite the fact that UEFA and European Clubs' Association (ECA) believing that they are acting on behalf of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. 

In the meeting, UEFA had invited 22 additional guests, including senior figures from the ECA, the European leagues and fans' groups. A statement released by UEFA read “A22 Sports Management has published an account of their visit to Uefa Headquarters in Nyon today. Uefa is currently checking the recording to see if they are talking about the same meeting. The 'other executives' they refer to were not faceless bureaucrats but senior stakeholders from across European football, players, clubs, leagues and fans; people who live and breathe the game every day. To fail to recognise that is disrespectful. 

"If there is a 'takeaway' from today, it should be that the whole of European football opposes their greedy plan. A22 wanted dialogue so we gave them 2.5 hours of time from all of the game's stakeholders and each one rejected their approach. They claim not to represent the three remaining clubs. They refuse to define what their alleged new approach is. They claim to want dialogue. But when presented with the chance, they have nothing to say." 

A22 dismissed these comments with chief executive Bernd Reichart saying “We are heartened by the fact that we have already been contacted by and are in conversations with numerous clubs who wish to take part in this dialogue to develop a sustainable foundation for European club football.” Interestingly, the European Courts of Justice is expected to release a ruling on how football should be governed next year. 

Recently, senior figures at Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus had expressed their concern about the financial situation of European football. In September, Juventus posted a record loss of £221.36m while Barcelona were forced to pull a number of economic levers to get new signings after a £418.69m loss last year. The Catalan giants are also in disarray after being knocked out of the Champions League and will face Manchester United in the Europa League playoffs in February.

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