Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli will vow to fight Uefa over Super League breakaway plan

The Juventus president Andrea Agnelli will say on Thursday that he is prepared to take the fight back to Uefa over the European Super League, although it will be difficult for him to pledge to abandon its most unpopular measure without the support of English clubs who have said they want no further part in it.

Juventus, as well as Real Madrid and Barcelona, are still backing the Super League that lived a brief, doomed existence in April last year and the trio are now pursuing a legal case against Uefa in the European Court of Justice. The three clubs contend that Uefa holds a monopoly on organising European competitions and that the court will find in the Super League’s favour when the case is heard, now expected to be later this year, or in early 2023.

In the meantime, the three clubs’ intention is that the proposal the Super League would have 15 permanent members – which drew the greatest criticism at its launch - is to be struck out of future plans. However, it is problematic for Agnelli to say this publicly given that the legally-constituted entity, created by the Super League members, still comprises the nine that have since signalled their departure – including Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

From a legal point of view, it would require those Premier League six, as well as other founder members, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan, to give their approval to such a major change. As things stand, the six Premier League clubs have no intention of returning to the Super League proposal that received universal condemnation at the time. 

It precipitated supporter protests including a stadium invasions at Old Trafford and led to fines from the Premier League.