Andrea Agnelli says Super League ‘not a failure’ as Aleksander Ceferin and Javier Tebas criticise Juventus chairman

Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli insists plans to launch a European Super League were not a “failure” despite the project collapsing within 72 hours last year. Agnelli refused to be drawn on plans for a Super League 2.0 but was steadfast in his belief that European football needs reforms.

Ad/> The Italian was a key player in last April’s breakaway revelation, with Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid looking to join Premier League sides Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in a Super League competition. Football'Living in a parallel world' – Ceferin outraged at timing of Super League relaunch10 HOURS AGO Widespread protests saw every club bar Juve, Real and Barca back out, but speaking at the FT Business of Football summit in London on Thursday, Agnelli said: “To me it is not a failure.

We have been hearing projects of potential breakaway leagues ever since I was a teenager. “Today, to me, European football is in dire straits, it is in need of deep and profound reforms.

«Last year was the first time that not one, not two, not three, but 12 clubs made a very important statement that was a profound alarm to the system.” Abramovich could sell Chelsea within 10 days, says Premier League CEO 'Not good enough' – Neville wants transparency amid Abramovich's move to sell Chelsea Tuchel: Abramovich decision means 'massive change' for Chelsea Agnelli was in the audience when UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin accused the Juve chief of living in a “parallel world”, and also faced criticism from Javier Tebas. La Liga chief Tebas made the wild claim that those still intent on reviving the Super League lie more than Russian president Vladimir Putin.