Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid have been admitted to
next season's Champions League despite their involvement in the proposed
breakaway European Super League project.
Admission letters have been sent to all Champions League
participants, European soccer's governing body UEFA has said.
Disciplinary proceedings against Juve, Barca and Real over
their involvement in the proposed Super League have been suspended by UEFA's
independent appeals body.
UEFA opened a probe against the three clubs but last week it
suspended proceedings after being notified by the Swiss authorities of a court
order from the commercial court in Madrid obtained by the legal entity European
Super League Company SL.
"Admission letters have been sent to all clubs
participating in next season's UEFA club competitions today," UEFA told
Reuters on Tuesday.
Juve, Barca and Real are the last of the 12 clubs who signed
up to the Super League in April not to have distanced themselves from the
breakaway project which unravelled when all six English clubs plus Inter Milan,
AC Milan and Atletico Madrid withdrew.
Super League founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli
said earlier this month that the plan to create a breakaway league was not a
coup but a way to save the soccer industry, which has been hit by the novel
coronavirus pandemic.
Juve qualified for the Champions League on the final day of
last season's Serie A campaign and have since changed coaches, with
Massimiliano Allegri back for a second spell.
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