Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali has already made European Super League stance crystal clear

Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali has already made the club’s stance on the European Super League clear after a landmark decision on Thursday kicked the door open again to the possibility.

Back in April 2021, while under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, Chelsea were one of 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs to be a part of the clandestine bid to launch a European Super League competition, a plan that was left in ruin just 48 hours after it was announced as football fans, clubs, governing bodies and politicians emphatically rejected the plans.

Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Juventus and Internazionale all signed up to the initial plans, but following the fallout just three remained; Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Now just the latter two are attached.

But the Spanish giants, along with the company behind the ESL, A22, were publicly celebrating on Thursday after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a binding verdict that the actions of UEFA and FIFA in punishing, or threatening to punish, clubs and players who wished to take part in breakaway competitions was in contravention of EU and competition law.

The verdict kicks open the door to the possibility of the ESL rearing its head again, with A22 already having presented its plans for a three league competition.

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have welcomed the decision, with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez even going as far as to declare it a “historic day for sport and football”.

But with the European Clubs Association, which represents more than 500 professional clubs across the continent, as well as the recently formed Union of European Clubs, not to mention