UEFA has opened a disciplinary investigation into Spanish Football Clubs, Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid over their involvement in the proposed European Super League.
The clubs were part of the 12 ‘founding’ members of the breakaway league, which later collapsed.
The other nine clubs renounced the project but Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid have refused to do so.
UEFA says its disciplinary inspectors will look at a “potential violation” of its legal framework by the trio.
The other nine clubs involved Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur of England, Italian clubs, AC Milan, and Inter Milan, and Spanish Club Atletico Madrid have been punished by European football’s governing body for their participation.
They have agreed to make a combined £13.4 million goodwill contribution to benefit children’s and grassroots football across Europe.
They will also have 5% of UEFA competition revenues withheld for one season, starting in 2023-24, and this money will be redistributed, including in the UK.
Each Club has also committed to UEFA and its competitions, with the clubs facing fines of £86.9 million each if they seek to join an unauthorised competition in the future.
They will be fined half that if they breach any other terms of the declaration.
Real Madrid’s President, Florentino Perez, who was appointed Chairman of the European Super League, recently said that the 12 clubs that agreed to join the project have “binding contracts” and “cannot leave”.
