New European Super League Proposal To Include 60-80 Teams

The new proposal for a European Super League will feature no permanent members and it will be based on sporting performance. It will also include 60-80 teams.

A new proposal for the European Super League will feature no permanent members and it will be based on sporting performance.

That is according to Bernd Reichart, chief executive of A22 Sports Management, the company tasked with promoting the ESL.

A22 backed the original proposal that was announced in April 2021 but failed to take off after heavy protests from fans.

Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United all agreed to join in 2021 before later pulling out following the backlash.

AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid were also supposed to be founder members.

Despite the ESL's issues in 2021, Reichart remains adamant that European soccer is still in need of a revamp, suggesting that the game is in danger of stagnating if left to UEFA.

A banner, reading "#SAYNOTOSUPERLEAGUE", pictured flying over Elland Road in April 2021 during a game between Leeds and Liverpool :: IMAGO/PA Images/Zac Goodwin

"The foundations of European football are in danger of collapsing," Reichart told German newspaper Die Welt.

"It's time for a change. It is the clubs that bear the entrepreneurial risk in football.

"But when important decisions are at stake, they are too often forced to sit idly by on the sidelines as the sporting and financial foundations crumble around them."

"We present the preliminary results of the first phase of our dialogue which has been honest, direct and constructive […] We have distilled the consistent feedback into ten principles, which should set the framework for a future European club competition”, states Bernd Reichart. pic.twitter.com/MuNFMsE11v

— A22 Sports (@A22Sports) February 9, 2023

The original plan was for the Super League to contain 20 teams, 15 of which would be guaranteed to compete in every edition.

But the new proposal will include a format based on sporting performance, not guaranteed membership.

According to Reichart, the new Super League would involve 60 to 80 teams competing in a multi-divisional format.

Each team would apparently play at least 14 games per season, while continuing to compete in domestic competitions.