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The European Super League is rebranded as the Unity League and is poised to challenge Uefa’s supremacy in the Champions League with the claim that it will be free to watch.
The new proposal, which follows on from the original Super League proposals from April 2021, has done away with the idea of certain clubs automatically qualifying each year. Instead, the organizers behind it, A22 Sports, are proposing an annual qualification for all four leagues within the Unity League. A22 is the Madrid-based company founded to advise the original European Super League and has close ties to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
The competition would be streamed via an app via a branded “Unified” platform, with a similar model to Netflix. Subscribers could watch the games for free with a relatively high level of advertising content, or pay for a subscription that would eliminate advertising, similar to what music streamer Spotify does.
The European Super League outfit and A22 will now ask Uefa for permission to stage the competition. A22 believes that UEFA is obliged to do so due to the ruling of the European courts in December 2023.
The proposal would see 96 clubs compete – fewer than the 108 that qualify for the group stages of UEFA’s three competitions, including the Champions League. The Unity League champions would ultimately come from the top two tiers, the Star League and the Gold League. In both cases there would be 16 teams represented, which in both cases would be divided into two groups of eight. These eight played home and away – 14 games in the group stage. The top two clubs from each of the four groups would reach the last eight.
The final stages would begin with a two-game quarter-final, followed by single-game semi-finals, which would be played at a neutral venue in the same week as the final final. That would mean a total of 18 games for the winner. The Blue and Union leagues would play a similar knockout format.
Twelve clubs were involved in the original spin-off, including six from the Premier League. The current version only has explicit support from Real and Barcelona
John Hahn, co-founder of A22, said: “We have listened carefully to a broad group of clubs, leagues and fans and believe we have a lot of support with these changes.” We are not currently counting on public support from clubs, this will logically be the case after the Unify League is officially recognized.” He added that the subscription would be “significantly cheaper than it is.” [to consumers] Today”
