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Milan and Inter have been readmitted to the ECA (European Club Association), the association of European clubs currently led by Nasser al-Khelaifi, president of Paris Saint Germain.
The official announcement of the ECA also concerns the readmission of Atletico Madrid and the six English clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham), which had left the association after their involvement in the controversial project of the Superalloy.
The nine rebel companies have retraced their steps, signing legally binding commitments to be reinstated in the ECA.
On the other hand, Juventus, the Spanish Real Madrid and Barcelona remain outside the group of the richest clubs on the continent, and have not yet definitively renounced the Super League project.
Precisely because of this suggestion, last April Andrea Agnelli he had resigned as president of the ECA, obviously incompatible with the Super League project. Two days later, it was replaced by Nasser al-Khelaifi, which instead continues to oppose the plans of the Super League and to support the official position of Uefa.
Also for this reason, say the malicious ones, his PSG would enjoy a special eye on the part of the European football government, even if his stratospheric expenses seem out of tune to most, in an era of economic hardship due to Covid.
Founded in 2008, the ECA has replaced the G-14 as representing the interests of major European clubs. Its first president was Karl-Heinz Rummenigge of Bayern Munich, who was also the last number one in the G-14.