Per a brief statement in a release
from the club, FC Barcelona has officially pulled out of the Super League project:FC Barcelona hereby announces that today it has formally notified the European Super League Company and the clubs involved of its withdrawal from the European Super League project
ESPN added more context to the situation and gave a breakdown of how things initially started to unravel and got the point where they are at now:
Barcelona have announced their official withdrawal from the European
Super League in the latest blow to a project which has struggled to get off the ground. The Super League originally launched in 2021 with the support of 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs, but a fan backlash in England quickly saw the six Premier League teams — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur — withdraw.
Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and, eventually, Juventus followed suit, leaving just Real Madrid and Barça as the faces of the project. However, following the souring of the relationship with Madrid in recent months, coupled with the Barça president, Joan Laporta, re-establishing links with UEFA and the European Football Clubs [EFC], the Catalan side have now also stepped away.
So…is the Super League dead? Not officially, but things do not look great for it.
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