‘They lie more than Putin!’ - La Liga chief Tebas takes aim at Agnelli amid reports of resurrection of Super League plans

La Liga president Javier Tebas has claimed that those clubs at the centre of renewed talk regarding a European Super League “lie more than Putin”, with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin also taking aim at Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona amid further reports of a breakaway competition being established.

A dozen prominent clubs from across Europe – including Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, AC Milan, Inter and Atletico Madrid – were part of an original scheme that was quickly shut down after it generated fierce opposition from supporters.

Three clubs have refused to shelve the proposals, though, with Juve chairman Andrea Agnelli still looking to garner support for an event that would sit alongside the more established Champions League.

The plans have not gone down well with those calling the shots in Spanish football, with Tebas saying at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit in London: “He [Agnelli] will have to explain it, if he doesn’t explain it, he will be lying.

“A week ago, I think it was in his house there was a meeting of the three teams. Now they are saying they don’t want fixed slots, Real Madrid are saying they don’t want the first slot. It is false.

“It is very difficult for the English teams to form part of this competition so they are creating a European league with two categories and the national leagues are the second categories.

“There will be two or three people relegated but there will always be the typical teams - Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid. It will be difficult for them to go down.

“They have made enemies of UEFA and the Premier League, whose growth goes against their model. We know this, we have got this information. They can say what