Litigation Expected Over Planned European Super League

The announcement from the breakaway European Super League, involving six of the biggest Premier League football clubs and 6 Italian and Spanish clubs, has drawn threats of legal retaliation.

The deal, backed financially by JPMorgan, was made public on Sunday and pre-empted the planned Monday announcement of reforms to the structure from the Champions League. It prompted swift backlash in the Union of European Football Associations , the Premier League and several prominent politicians.

Quoted in iNews, sports lawyer Richard Cramer of Leeds-based Front Row Legal suggested that plans for that nascent league may yet be derailed by litigation from UEFA and also the Premier League from the clubs trying to break away.

It is also speculated that UEFA or even the Premier League could pursue injunction proceedings to block the clubs from participating in the ecu Super League.

Reactions towards the formation of the league have been largely negative, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson stating that he'll be sure that the new organisation “doesn't proceed in the way it's currently being proposed.”

In a separate statement, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the French government would “support football authorities in taking action” against the ecu Super League's formation.