Twelve Major European Clubs Launch Plans For Breakaway Super League

Twelve European clubs said Monday they plan to launch a breakaway Super League even as UEFA threatened a ban for them and their players.

Twelve of Europe's biggest clubs on Monday said they planned to launch a breakaway Super League, despite the threat of an international ban for them and their players. "AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as founding clubs," said a statement by the group. The founding clubs will receive "a one-time payment of the order of 3.5 billion euros". "Three additional clubs will be invited to join them before the start of the inaugural season which will start as soon as practicable," added the organisers. UEFA said earlier Sunday that players from the 12 clubs faced international exile and described it as "a cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs".