Super League: JP Morgan Chase, US financier of the project, already invested in tennis and the NBA

JP Morgan, a subsidiary of JP Morgan Chase & Co., an American holding company specializing in financial services, has invested in the Super League project, a spokesman for the American investment bank confirmed to Agence France Presse on 19/04/2021. The amount of the agreement would be between €4bn and €6bn reported the French sports daily L'Equipe on the same day.

12 of the biggest European football clubs (see below) announced the day before that they would create "a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its founding clubs and whose inaugural season should be organized as soon as possible."

JP Morgan, who was a "platinum partner" of the Nitto ATP Finals 2017 (ATP end-of-year finals), is an official partner (first level), just like Chase Bank, of the US Open grand slam tournament (Flushing Meadows, New York).

Chase Bank, which merged with JP Morgan & Co. in January 2001, has also been a partner of the NBA franchises Atlanta Hawks since 2020, and the Golden States Warriors. The bank holds the naming rights to the Chase Center, the arena of the California franchise…