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Sean Ingle again: “Čeferin admits that he was blindsided by the European Super League. “I’ve seen many things in my life, I was a criminal lawyer for 24 years, so I’ve seen different people, but I’ve never ever seen people like that,” he says. “If I start with Ed Woodward,” he adds.” I didn’t have much contact with him but he called me last Thursday in the evening, saying that he’s very satisfied with the reforms, that he fully supports the reforms, and that the only thing he would like to speak about is financial fair play. And obviously he already signed something else.”
And the full line on Agnelli: “He’s probably the biggest disappointment of all, I don’t want to be too personal. But the fact is I’ve never seen a person lie so many times, so persistently. That he did was unbelievable. I spoke with him on Saturday afternoon. He says, ‘These are only rumours. Don’t worry, nothing is going on.’ And then he said, ‘I’ll call you in one hour. And he turned off the phone. Next day, we get the announcement.’ I’ve seen many things in my life but not a situation like that. Obviously, greediness is so strong that all the human values evaporate.” 2.17pm BST
Here’s Sean Ingle: “Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin is currently giving a press conference in which he has confirmed that it will stage a revamped 36-club
Champions League from 2024 - even if a rival European Super League is established.
He has also confirmed that Uefa is taking legal advice but says he hopes that “as soon as possible .. clubs will be banned from all our competitions - and the players from all our competitons”. He was asked whether that meant players from the 12 European Super League clubs would miss Euro 2020 but said it was too early to say.