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European Super League urges EU judges to break UEFA's football 'monopoly'

By Lewis Crofts ( July 11, 2022, 14:49 GMT | Insight) -- European football's governing body, UEFA, rules with an "iron fist" and "beats away alternative projects that threaten its monopoly," lawyers for the breakaway European Super League told the EU's highest court this afternoon. In a fight over the balance of power in football, UEFA countered that a dozen clubs had tried to "have their cake and eat it," and only its governing structure safeguarded the sport. EU judges are reviewing the dispute after a Spanish court asked for guidance on applying competition law to sport.European football's governing body, UEFA, rules with an "iron fist" and "beats away alternative projects that threaten its monopoly," lawyers for the breakaway European Super League told the EU's highest court this afternoon....

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