Players who join a breakaway European Super League would be barred from World Cups and other international tournaments, FIFA have announced.
A joint statement from the game’s organising body and the six continental federations said they were ‘strongly emphasising’ they would reject such a competition.
Reports of such a tournament, which would take place between Europe’s top clubs in midweek, resurfaced last year, with US investment bank JP Morgan Chase named as a potential bankroller.
Players who join a breakaway European Super League would be barred from World Cups and other international tournaments, FIFA have announced
‘FIFA and the six confederations once again would like to reiterate and strongly emphasise that such a competition would not be recognised by either FIFA or the respective confederation,’ the statement read.