The circus has only just begun.

The European Club Association (ECA), which includes all the top names in European football, said on Sunday that it was "strongly opposed to a closed Super League model", after new speculation around a lucrative private competition competing with the UEFA Champions League.

“The ECA, as the representative body of 246 leading clubs across Europe, reaffirms its commitment to work on the development of the UEFA club competition model, together with UEFA, for the cycle starting in 2024, ”the ECA wrote in a statement posted on its Twitter account.

But what is Agnelli playing?

This strong position taken by the ECA is all the more surprising given that this union, often perceived as the voice of the most powerful European clubs, is chaired by the Italian Andrea Agnelli, boss of Juventus, at the origin of this secret Super League project.

"The ECA refers to the position adopted at its executive committee on April 16, namely that it supports the commitment to work with UEFA on a new structure for European football as a whole after 2024", added the association, inviting UEFA to continue on this path, as planned, during its executive committee scheduled for Monday morning in Montreux (Switzerland).

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