Juventus became the 10th club to withdraw from the plans in June 2024, but Barcelona and Real Madrid remained committed to the project.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirmed in October 2025, external the club wanted to re-establish links with Uefa and rejoin the European Football Clubs (EFC), previously known as the European Clubs Association (ECA).
The La Liga giants were expelled from the ECA, along with the original 12 clubs that signalled their intention to join the breakaway league, after the proposals were made public.
The other 10 clubs who also withdrew have all since been reinstated in the EFC.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid are seeking “substantial damages” from Uefa following a series of court rulings made against the way the European governing body responded to the breakaway league plans.
Madrid’s commercial court ruled in May 2024 that European and world governing bodies, such as Fifa, were practising anti-competitive behaviour and abusing their dominant position, echoing a similar decision made by the European Court of Justice.
The case was brought by A22 Sports Management, the company behind the ESL, against Uefa, Fifa, Spain’s La Liga and the Spanish football federation (RFEF).
Uefa has since changed its rules around new competitions following the collapse of the ESL proposal.
It added the latest judgement, made by the Provincial Court of Madrid last October, did “not validate” the Super League project, “nor does it undermine Uefa’s current authorisation rules”.
