Real Madrid demand 80 million euros from six Premier League clubs over Super League

Real Madrid have launched a financial claim against the six Premier League clubs that pulled out of the Super League just days after the project was announced. The club led by Florentino Perez wants to collect the 80 million euros originally agreed, a debt that dates back to that failed attempt to create a rival competition to UEFA and which continues to have consequences in European football's boardrooms.

• Real Madrid are demanding their share of the money agreed for the failed Super League.
• The claim targets Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool.
• The total amount being claimed is 80 million euros.
• The Spanish club maintains a cordial relationship with UEFA after the recent withdrawals of Juventus and Barcelona.
• The money collected would go to A22 Sports, the project's promoter, and not directly to Real Madrid.

Which English clubs owe Real Madrid money from the Super League

The claim from Madrid is aimed at the six Premier League teams that decided to jump ship within days. Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool staged a chain withdrawal that torpedoed the project for an independent European competition. Now Real Madrid are looking to recover the amount each of them was supposed to pay under the original agreements.

How much money Real Madrid are claiming over the Super League

The total figure Madrid have put on the table is 80 million euros. That is the money the English clubs committed to contributing when the Super League still looked viable. Real Madrid act as the public face of the project and are therefore tasked with enforcing that financial commitment even though the competition never took place.

Why the claim is happening now and who is driving it

The move comes at a time of significant change in Real Madrid's hierarchy. Bern Reichart, the former CEO of A22 Sports (the company behind the Super League), has recently joined the club as director of economic activities. His arrival reinforces the impression that Madrid have seriously resumed work on the unresolved issues linked to the project, beyond purely sporting matters.

Where the money claimed from English clubs would go

If the amount is finally paid, the money would not go directly to Real Madrid's coffers. The destination would be the accounts of A22 Sports, the company that promoted the Super League and continues to manage the financial fallout from the venture. Real Madrid, however, remain the public-facing entity leading the claim.

Florentino Perez's role in the multimillion-euro claim

Florentino Perez was the main driving force behind the Super League and remains the figure most associated with the initiative. The Real Madrid president has consistently argued that the founding clubs had contractual obligations to one another. This financial claim against the six English teams fits with that stance: signed commitments, in his view, do not vanish simply because the competition never materialized.

How the Real Madrid relationship with UEFA stands after the Super League

Following the withdrawal of Juventus and Barcelona from the project, Real Madrid chose to ease tensions with UEFA and maintain a cordial tone with European football's governing body. The claim against the English clubs comes against that backdrop of institutional calm, without the outstanding money affecting the club's standing in continental competitions.