Barcelona, Madrid ‘set for £869m European Super League bonus’

Barcelona and Real Madrid reportedly stand to receive a gargantuan €1bn (£868.9m) loyalty payment if the European Super League comes to fruition in the future. From the 12 clubs to sign up to the original doomed project in April 2021, the two Spanish giants are the only teams still committed to the highly controversial plans. […]

Barcelona and Real Madrid reportedly stand to receive a gargantuan €1bn (£868.9m) loyalty payment if the European Super League comes to fruition in the future.

From the 12 clubs to sign up to the original doomed project in April 2021, the two Spanish giants are the only teams still committed to the highly controversial plans.

All other founding members of the European Super League pulled out of the plans over the course of a few days two years ago, having received significant backlash from supporters and authority figures in government.

FIFA and UEFA went as far as to threaten clubs and players with expulsion from competitions, but Barca and Real have refused to back down and were given a huge boost in their efforts to create a breakaway league last week.

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Alongside principal backers A22 Sports, the La Liga powerhouses took FIFA and UEFA to the European Court of Justice over their threats to ban players, which have now been ruled to have been unlawful.

The ECJ’s decision was warmly received by Barca and Real Madrid, who continue to insist that a Super League is the way forward from a financial viewpoint and for fans, even though spectators across the globe continue to denounce the idea.

According to Sport, if the Super League idea does eventually take off – which is still seen as highly unlikely – both Barca and Real Madrid will receive €1bn (£868.9m) owing to their loyalty to the project.