Football Leaks: European Leagues opposed to a "closed and franchised style Super League"

"The European Leagues note the ongoing rumours and speculations around the possible creation of a European Super League by the big European professional clubs. The Association of European Leagues has consistently voiced its strong opposition to the creation of any 'closed and franchised style' Super League," announced European Leagues, on 06/11/2018.

80 journalists from the Mediapart news website and 14 other European media grouped within the European Investigative Collaborations analysed "over eight months more than 70 million documents obtained by the German magazine 'Der Spiegel', or 3.4 terabytes of data," said Mediapart, on 02/11/2018.

"The Football Leaks documents reveal how, in 2016, FC Bayern Munich, Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona and Juventus FC (joined by AC Milan, Manchester United FC and Arsenal FC, forming the 'big seven') blackmailed UEFA with a private league project and have imposed a new formula for the Champions League (for the 2018-2021 period) which benefits ultra-rich clubs and causes others, especially the French, to lose tens of millions of euros," said…