Super League breakaway clubs Real, City and Chelsea could face Champions League semi-final ban: UEFA official

Even as there is a strong uproar over proposed European Super League, a senior UEFA executive committee member said Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid may be banned from the semi-finals of the ongoing edition of Champions League.

Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid are likely to be banned from Champions League semi-finals this season, a UEFA executive committee member said on Monday after the much-criticised breakaway Super League was announced by 12 elite clubs in Europe. Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid are part of the 12 top teams from Europe who are set to be founding members of the Super League, which will rival UEFA's Champions League. A 20-team league has been announced with 15 founding members and 5 other clubs qualifying each season. It added that the inaugural season would start "as soon as possible". "The clubs must go, and I expect that to happen on Friday. Then we have to find out how to finish (this season's) Champions League tournament," said Jesper Moller, who is the head of the Danish FA, told DR.