Oh yes it’s apparently still a go to start in September 2025.
The rationale is simple.
- Top clubs will play ONLY top clubs.
- Top clubs will have more matches at home in a Super League season than the current four, before postseason play, in the current UEFA Champions League.
In [CEO Bernd] Reichart’s eyes, the European Super League will give fans more matchups like Manchester City against Inter Milan or Arsenal against PSG. The former of those fixtures happened in this season’s Champions League, but that was a drab and scoreless draw.
Today in UEFA CL action where was a match between the side FK Crvena zvezda, better known outside of Serbia as Red Star Belgrade, 2 and Barcelona 5. The latter side essentially were able to just toy with the former side, who to their credit did score two great goals.
This match had in it everything WRONG with the current format, for the teams were clearly mismatched, although each having qualified for the elite league.
In addition to having highlight-level matches, Reichart went on to add that the European Super League will also be more cost-effective. Currently, one of the biggest complaints among soccer fans is how expensive it is to watch. For example, watching a top Premier League club [in the US] involves three different providers to watch all the games.
This is a very strong argument that will win over fans, for NO MORE PAYWALLS!
But given the timeline is merely 10 months away and there are merely two clubs signed onto the project, I am not buying the projected launch date though am buying there is a stronger and more viable plan in the works for over four years after the failure of the first launch in April 2021.