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UEFA reaffirmed its opposition to the founding of breakaway competitions in a meeting with Super League backers A22 Sports on Tuesday.It was revealed last
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Devante Smith-Pelly Jersey a private commercial venture, today in Nyon by offering them a chance to addre s all the genuine representative authorities of European football, a UEFA statement began.Top management of UEFA, led by president Aleksander Ceferin, and high representatives from the national leagues, clubs, players and fans, stre sed together that the opposition to the self-proclaimed Super League ESL remains overwhelming today as it has been since April 2021. In line with the unity of European football, UEFA and the participating football stakeholders once again
Jonas Siegenthaler Jersey unanimously rejected the rationale underpinning projects such as ESL during todays discu sion. The participants took note, with surprise, the claims of A22 Sports CEO that this company is not representing any clubs in
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