Man United and Liverpool were the driving forces in Super League bid, says Uefa president Ceferin

Uefa have remained on alert to any potential renegade activity but Ceferin believes the Premier League has the wealthy English clubs in check.
Man United and Liverpool were the driving forces in Super League bid, says Uefa president Ceferin

File photo dated 03-12-2018 of Aleksander Ceferin, who a law firm representing Liverpool fans caught up in the chaos at last season's Champions League final says must personally accept responsibility for what went wrong. Issue date: Tuesday February 14, 2023.

Aleksander ÄŚeferin has revealed that Manchester United and Liverpool were to the fore in the botched 2021 plan to form a breakaway European Super League.

Uefa’s President, speaking to Gary Neville as part of The Overlap series on Sky Sports, also suggested that Manchester City and Chelsea were less active in driving the rebels’ project.

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