ADVOCATE GENERAL (AG) OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE GIVES HIS OPINION ON THE PROPOSED EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE
ADVOCATE GENERAL (AG) OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE GIVES HIS OPINION ON THE PROPOSED EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE~ UYI OLUBOR ESQ. Aspirations by the remaining teams (i.e. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus) still championing the advocacy for the formation of a European Super League suffered a significant blow today as the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave an opinion favouring FIFA and UEFA against the establishment of a European Super League Company. Note: that the ECJ is not bound by the Opinion of the AG. However, his opinions can be very persuasive as they aid as a stepping stone in their deliberation in reaching a final decision. If you can remember, this case was instituted by the ESLC against FIFA and UEFA before the Juzgado de lo mercantil de Madrid (Commercial Court of Madrid) after the former accused the latter of anticompetitive behaviour which it claimed they committed by threatening clubs who wished to join the competition. The court in Madrid, hav