{"id":10585,"date":"2022-02-25T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/25\/remaining-super-league-trio-to-revive-project-imminently-with-one-major-change\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:06:38","slug":"remaining-super-league-trio-to-revive-project-imminently-with-one-major-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/25\/remaining-super-league-trio-to-revive-project-imminently-with-one-major-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Remaining Super League trio to revive project imminently, with one major change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The failed European Super League project looks set to be reignited over the coming weeks, according to widespread reports on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The chief architects behind the fresh push? Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Italian equivalents Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>All three have of course remained in full support of the initiative, despite the widespread backlash surrounding its planned implementation, and ensuing collapse in April of last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1464292\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1464292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1464292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232428372.jpg\" alt=\"Remaining Super League trio to revive project imminently, with one major change\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232428372.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232428372-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232428372-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232428372-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232428372-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1464292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this photo illustration, the UK football teams that are part of the European Super League (Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham) are seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And now, as per a report from the reliable Sam Wallace of the Telegraph, Barca, Real and Juve are ready to kickstart efforts to revive the project as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that, potentially as early as next week, a new proposal will be unveiled, featuring one major change which could well prove telling in swaying those on the fence towards backing the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The alteration in question comes in the form of scrapping permanent membership for European football\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, clubs from across the continent will be afforded the chance to qualify for the competition, via success on the domestic front year on year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Exclusive: Super League rebel trio to revive doomed plot with closed-shop concept scrapped | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamWallaceTel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SamWallaceTel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xv0GlpMbgl\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xv0GlpMbgl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1497263416301473792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Barca march on<\/h2>\n<p>Despite their continuous efforts to form a breakaway tournament away from the constraints of European football\u2019s governing body, all three of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus of course remain in the thick of respective UEFA campaigns at present.<\/p>\n<p>Real and Juve both have work to do on the back of their Champions League Last-16 first-leg outings, with the former having fallen to a 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, and Max Allegri\u2019s Bianconeri pegged back to a 1-1 stalemate at Villarreal.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, on the other hand, had no such problems in dispatching of Serie A giants Napoli, to book their spot in the Last-16 of the Europa League on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a finish by Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang ?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Barca signed him, what a performance by Xavi\u2019s side in Naples!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UEL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f7IF57boTm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/f7IF57boTm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportfootball\/status\/1496958072899747840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/europa-league-round-of-16-draw-west-ham-handed-tough-test-barcelona-get-lucky\/\">Europa League Round of 16 draw: West Ham handed tough test &amp; Barcelona get lucky<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/serie-a-betting-tips\/empoli-fc-vs-juventus-turin-betting-tips-serie-a-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Empoli FC vs Juventus Turin betting tips: Serie A preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The failed European Super League project looks set to be reignited over the coming weeks, according to widespread reports on Friday evening. The chief architects behind the fresh push? Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Italian equivalents Juventus. All three have of course remained in full support of the initiative, despite the widespread [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}