W hatwasthe proposed Super League, and who were involved?

The £4 billon (R79 billion) project that was announced late last week Sunday was set to be a midweek tournament founded and governed by the 12 clubs that all released official statements declaring their intention to participate. AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur were the competition’s founding teams, with the official press release stating that three more clubs were expected to complete the exclusive group as permanent members and that a further five clubs would be invited to take part, making the Super League to be played by 20 teams. At the start of the competition, there would be two groups of 10 teams playing against one another in home and away matches. At the end of the first round, the top three teams of each group would automatically qualify for the quarter-final stage, while the fourth and fifth-placed sides of each group would face each other in a play-off for the final two places of the last eight. The rest of the tournament was set to be played like the UEFA Champions League has traditionally operated in the knockout rounds, with home and away fixtures in the quarter-finals and semi-finals before a single-leg final at a neutral ground. Interestingly, though, and unlike any other knockout competition in the sport’s history, the 15 founding clubs would not need to qualify to compete, and it was that notion that was ultimately the downfall of the poorly thoughtout scheme.