Real Madrid want six Premier League clubs to cough up €80 million over abandoned Super League project

Real Madrid want six Premier League clubs to cough up €80 million over abandoned Super League project The European Super League project that had shook European football few years ago is now dead in the water, with Real Madrid being the last club to pull out . The club have since built a good relationship with UEFA and are no longer on the association’s bad books. That being said, Real Madrid are not quite ready to let one loose end go, particularly when it comes to the financial side of things. Real Madrid chase the English clubs for ESL costs According to The Athletic , Real Madrid want the six Premier League clubs that originally signed up to the Super League to pay their share of the project’s initial costs. Real Madrid are no longer associated with the ESL project. (Photo courtesy: Real Madrid official website) It appears the Spanish club believe Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham should still be liable for the setup costs, despite having pulled out within days of the ill-fated April 2021 launch. The report adds that the costs could total as much as €80 million. Thus far, it has been Real Madrid, alongside Barcelona and Juventus, who have shouldered the promotional outlay associated with the breakaway plans. The dispute is likely to drag The clubs had all signed up to a shareholders’ agreement for the European Super League Company, a Spain-based holding company. Real Madrid likely set for a long legal battle. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) Whether the six English sides remain bound to contribute will likely hinge on how the contract’s wording, around clubs agreeing to “jointly own and manage” the project, is interpreted, and whether that language carries financial obligations. The leaked ESL documents make no explicit mention of sharing costs, which means a resolution is unlikely to come swiftly. Should Real Madrid genuinely wish to recover the money, they may ultimately have to pursue the matter through the courts. The request arrives as Madrid prepare to appoint Bernd Reichart, former CEO of A22, the company that drove the Super League and later Unify League plans, as their new head of business operations.