MILAN - Italy's Serie A called an emergency board meeting on
Sunday to discuss a newspaper report saying broadcaster
DAZN is involved in new
plans for a breakaway European Super League, a league source told Reuters.
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The meeting, called by league president Paolo Dal Pino,
comes ahead of Monday's
UEFA executive committee at which plans to expand and
reform the Champions League, changing the format from 2024, are expected to be
agreed.
The source told Reuters that the league had recently become
aware of the plans for a breakaway project and the potential involvement of
DAZN.
Corriere dello Sport reported that DAZN, which is owned by
billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries, has been working on the
formation of this 16-team league, featuring the top clubs in Europe, for some
time.
The newspaper did not indicate a source for the report. DAZN
was not immediately available for comment. UEFA declined to comment.
In January, European media reported plans for a breakaway
European league, citing a document which outlined a 20-team league, outside of
UEFA’s control, made up of 15 permanent members and five who would qualify for
the competition annually.
Since then leading clubs in the European Club Association
(ECA) have been negotiating with UEFA over a new expanded and restructured
tournament.
Serie A clubs last month awarded DAZN the main domestic
rights to screen Italy's top-flight soccer championship for the next three
seasons.
The meeting is being attended remotely, with the three Serie
A clubs who could potentially be part of the Super League project - Juventus,
Inter Milan and AC Milan - among the attendees, according to Corriere dello
Sport.
It caps a tumultuous week for Serie A after seven clubs
submitted a written request for Dal Pino to resign over issues including his
management of plans to sell a stake in the league's media business.
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