Barcelona President Joan Laporta Names 4 English Teams Still Interested in European Super League

• Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are still pushing ahead with plans to launch the new European Super League
• The Super League lost momentum after numerous teams pulled out of the competition due to fan backlash
• Barcelona president Joan Laporta believes that the Super League will go ahead with or without the English teams

Barcelona president Joan Laporta hasn't given up the dream of a European Super League.

The venture was a proposed new league l which planned to break away from UEFA and start their own competition.

It featured some of the biggest European clubs but soon fell apart when numerous teams, including the English big six, all pulled out of the venture over the backlash they received.

Only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus remain committed to the competition and Laporta believes it will still happen, with or without the English sides.

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Laporta is adamant that the new venture will go ahead and has even earmarked 2025 as a potential timeframe, SportBible reported.

"I think there will be a Super League. I would not have entered into this project if it was not an open competition," he said. "It was accepted by Real Madrid, Juventus and other clubs that have not yet shown their faces but are interested in it," he added.

Laporta also listed four English teams which he believes will join the project, despite them not being involved with it at the moment, The Mirror reported.

“We want the English teams to enter and there is a lot of communication with Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham. All these clubs, most of which are for sale and some have already been sold, are interested," he added.

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Pique blasts Super League plans

Barcelona legend, Gerard Pique, has hit out at Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, saying the European Super League is not a viable way of improving football.

Perez alongside his Barcelona counterpart, Juan Laporta is still pushing for the kick-off of the Super League to rival Europe’s most prestigious club competition.

Pique has said that he is disappointed in the Los Blancos boss for not knowing what he wanted to achieve with the Super League, Sports Brief reported.

Super League suffers crushing blow

English Premier League top clubs are pissed off with the organizers of the new Super League and will not be participating in the competition if it eventually kicks off.

The Super League, which is being pioneered by non-English Premier League clubs, have warned of the danger of the financial disparities between the Premier League and other European leagues.

The Premier League contingent have now agreed to a statute with the other 14 EPL clubs, which requires them to support the English football pyramid, Sports Brief reported.