Following the Serie A team’s unsuccessful attempt to establish a continental Super League, Juventus has been readmitted to the European Club Association, the organization’s leader Nasser Al-Khelaifi announced on Thursday.
Juve, the most successful team in Italy, left the ECA to advocate for the European Super League. The league was established in April 2021, but it fell apart fast as a result of fan unrest and intimidation from FIFA and UEFA, the league’s regulatory organisations.
“I am pleased to welcome Juventus back to our family. Now, all top division clubs in over 20 countries are ECA members,” Al-Khelaifi, who is also president of Paris Saint-Germain, said during the ECA’s General Assembly in Athens.
Since the original Super League project failed, Agnelli has received two lengthy bans from Italian football after the country’s football federation found him and Juventus guilty of a series of financial offences.
The project is still technically alive and is being promoted by A22 Sports Management, which is advocating a redesigned version of the breakaway continental competition with 64 teams playing in three divisions.
In December last year, the European Union’s Court of Justice ruled that a ban on the Super League enforced by the sport’s existing governing bodies was against EU law.
Juve, then chaired by Super League crusader Andrea Agnelli, intended to be one of 12 founding clubs alongside the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, and a clutch of teams from England’s Premier League.
