Gary Neville and UEFA president agree in making new European Super League prediction

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has said the European Super League proposal could be back on the agenda, a view backed by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin.

The project was launched just less than a year ago and was backed by the big six in the Premier League, but met with fierce resistance. There were protests outside Old Trafford after United and Manchester City withdrew from the scheme within 48 hours, along with the rest of the Premier League clubs involved.

But Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus were the three clubs never to pull out of the scheme and now Neville believes those European giants are involved in plotting a renewed attempt to create a breakaway league.

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"The ESL is back on the table. Real, Barca and Juve are pushing," the former United man said on Twitter.

"It’s critical we accelerate the Fan Led Review recommendations through Parliament with legislation to protect English football and allow any new proposals to be viewed with independence."

Čeferin, speaking at the Financial Times' Business of Football Summit, again slammed the club bosses behind the plans and accused them on plotting during a 'war', having used the pandemic last April to launch the first attempted ESL project.

"I am tired of talking about this nonsense," Ceferin said.

"First they try to launch during a pandemic, now we hear that they are trying to launch in the middle of a war. Do I have to speak more about these people? They obviously live in a parallel world.

"While we are saving players together with other stakeholders, while we are working to help in a terrible situation they work on a project like that.

"Honestly speaking, they can pay whoever they want to write