A number of Premier League clubs have reportedly distanced themselves from the latest European Super League proposals.
The A22 group - the company fronting the Super League - announced fresh plans for the competition on Thursday.
The original plans for the Super League in 2021 were to start up a 20-team competition, including 12 founding members and three unnamed clubs.
Five additional teams would qualify annually based on their success in domestic competition, but the project failed to take off.
Following widespread backlash and protests from supporters, nine clubs dropped out, including six teams from the Premier League.
However, the three sides remaining - Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus - have not given up hope of launching a Super League.
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As per the new proposal, the competition would be made up of 60 to 80 teams who would compete in a multi-divisional format, with each club guaranteed a minimum of 14 games.
According to Sky Sports News, several Premier League sides have already privately dismissed the fresh plans.
The report claims that one senior executive from a London-based Premier League club has described the latest announcement as "laughable" and questioned the feasibility of the proposal.
The executive said: "There is no 'who' or 'how', nor any demonstrable mechanisms and substance. It's laughable."
All 20 Premier League clubs are signed up to the 2022-23 owners' charter, which was designed to prevent breakaway attempts like the one that took place in 2021.
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The charter reads: "We are collectively committed to the Premier League and recognise our responsibility to support it. We will not engage in the creation of new competition formats outside of the Premier League's rules."
There has also been criticism from Spain, as La Liga president, Javier Tebas, took to social media to criticise the plans.
Tebas posted on Twitter: "The Super League is the wolf, who today disguises himself as a granny to try to fool European football, but his nose and his teeth are very big.
"Four divisions in Europe? Of course the first for them, as in the 2019 reform. Government of the clubs? Of course only the big ones."
There is a belief that the latest move by the Super League clubs is dedicated to creating goodwill ahead of the European Court of Justice's ruling later this year.
The A22 group suffered a setback in December when advocate-general Athanasios Rantos gave a non-binding ruling in favour of UEFA and FIFA's control over club football.
