After a furious backlash against the proposed tournament that was announced on Sunday, all six Premier League clubs involved withdrew on Tuesday. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have not withdrawn from the ESL, although Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said the project could not now proceed. "Big clubs contribute a lot of resources and it's absolutely necessary that we have our say on the distribution of money [in European football]." external-linkJavier Tebas, president of Spain's La Liga, said: "If it [the Super League] was good for football, as Perez has said, they wouldn't have done it behind our backs." When asked what the penalty was for leaving the project, Perez did not answer.

Source: BBC April 22, 2021 07:39 UTC