Inter’s hopes of joining a new European Super League could be subject to an intense legal battle, according to a report in the Italian media today.
La Repubblica’s print edition said the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and UEFA were both prepared to fight against the new franchise in the courts to stop it going ahead.
Inter, AC Milan and Juventus came under fire in a bad-tempered Lega Serie A meeting yesterday, in which Serie A’s 17 other clubs voiced their anger at the proposed Super League.
Several owners argued that nobody other than those three clubs would have a chance of winning the league under the new proposals, to which Juventus president Andrea Agnelli responded: “It’s been like that for 80 years.”
Inter would be set to gain €350 million just for joining up to the Super League if and when it gets the go-ahead, which would risk creating a further competitive imbalance in Italy’s top flight.
The Lega Serie A is in a difficult position when it comes to fighting the three clubs, the report explained, having just sold Serie A’s next batch of domestic TV rights to DAZN.
Inter, AC Milan and Juventus have 25 million fans which account for 38% of Serie A’s annual income and 65% of football fans in Italy.
