Uefa examined its "options" on Friday on how to deal with the 12 clubs involved in the failed Super League, designed to supplant the Champions League, without announcing any sanctions.
In the space of 48 hours this week beginning Sunday evening, Uefa, aided by fans and politicians, quelled a mutiny by the English, Spanish and Italian clubs who presumed to form their own quasi-closed tournament.
Nine clubs, including all six in England, subsequently withdrew and even if Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid, whose president Florentino Perez led the attempted secession, are still refusing formally to capitulate, their proposal no longer looks credible.
US investment bank JPMorgan, which agreed to financially back the breakaway Super League, said yesterday it had "clearly misjudged" the failed project's impact.
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Posted by Sports Tribune on Thursday, 22 April 2021
Among the many punishments being considered by Uefa would have been the possible exclusion of Manchester City, Chelsea and Real, all of whom signed up for the Super League, from the Champions League semi-finals which begin next week.
Such a drastic measure appeared to have been ruled out by Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.
It remains to be seen what the "consequences" promised Wednesday by Ceferin to the dissident clubs and their leaders will look like, the Uefa boss not having specified whether they would be judicial, disciplinary or sporting.