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Manchester United and Liverpool helped spearhead Super League proposals, suggests UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin

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UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has revealed he “lost it a bit” with an unnamed English club in a conversation about the controversial European Super League proposals in 2021.

Ceferin also suggested that Manchester United and Liverpool were the Premier League clubs spearheading the ill-fated plans. Ad Next month will mark two years since 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs made a joint announcement that they would be forming a breakaway Super League, prompting a furious backlash across the continent.

Europa LeagueHow to watch Arsenal v Sporting CP in the Europa League10 HOURS AGO Just days later the six Premier League clubs involved – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham – confirmed they were withdrawing.

Ceferin revealed that Chelsea and Man City were both reluctant to break away from UEFA and sign up to the Super League «from the beginning».

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