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English clubs silent amid fresh claims of European Super League interest

Documents claim new competition could be up and running as early as 2021.

England’s leading clubs have declined to comment on leaked documents which appear to reveal plans for the launch of a European Super League within the next three years.

Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal were all named in the documents which were released by Football Leaks and published by German news magazine Der Spiegel.

The documents claim they are among 16 clubs who would leave their domestic competitions to play in the new league as early as 2021. Such a move would leave the future of the leading domestic leagues and major competitions such as the Champions League in question.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris St Germain and AC Milan are the other clubs listed, with five further clubs allegedly to be invited as ‘initial guests’.

City, United and Liverpool all declined to comment when contacted by Press Association Sport, while Chelsea and Arsenal did not immediately respond.

Der Spiegel reported the most recent document was sent to Real Madrid on October 22, with a plan to finalise arrangements later this month.

According to the published documents, the 11 founders of the league would be immune from the risk of relegation with guaranteed membership for 20 years.

The five clubs in line to be invited to join as guests were named as Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Inter Milan and Roma.

The story appeared on Friday alongside other documents which claimed current FIFA president and then UEFA boss Gianni Infantino helped arrange more lenient punishments for Manchester City and Paris St Germain when they were found to have breached Financial Fair Play rules in 2014.

UEFA said it could not comment on specific cases due to confidentiality obligations.

A Manchester City statement said: “We will not be providing any comment on out of context materials purportedly hacked or stolen from City Football Group and Manchester City personnel and associated people.

“The attempt to damage the Club’s reputation is organised and clear.”

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