Arsenal,
Chelsea,
Liverpool, Spurs and Manchester sides rejoinMilan, Inter and Atlético do too; Barça, Real and Juve hold outNine of the 12 founding European Super League clubs have further distanced themselves from the project by agreeing to rejoin the European Club Association, a body they quit en masse during the aborted breakaway. The clubs to have agreed a deal with the ECA include all six English sides –
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool,
Manchester City,
Manchester United and Spurs – who were behind the launch of the ESL, along with Milan, Internazionale and Atlético Madrid.
Barcelona,
Real Madrid and
Juventus – whose chairman, Andrea Agnelli, had been president of the ECA before the split – are continuing to back the Super League project.