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Juventus are interested in joining the European Club Association (ECA), the Italian side announced on Thursday, after ECA president Nasser Al-Khelaifi opened the door to his return.
Al-Khelaifi said on Thursday that the ECA would host Juventus after the club indicated it would pull out of the European Super League project.
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The ECA represents more than 440 clubs from across the continent and is governed by the big teams, with nine of the top 12 players interested in the planned breakaway Super League.
Juventus, however, have stated that they will not return.
“Juventus FC is considering the option of joining the ECA at this time,” the club’s press service told Reuters in an email.
Juve, which along with Real Madrid and Barcelona did not register with the ECA after being expelled in 2021, said in July that it had begun the process to take off the Super League project.
“If they prevent what they seek to fight for, which I consider a stupid project, they will be welcomed,” Al-Khelaifi told reporters after a meeting of the ECA’s board of directors on Thursday in Copenhagen.
“I spoke to the owner and, you know, he called me and I think they want to be back. They are definitely most welcome,” Al-Khelaifi said.
Al-Khelaifi, who is also president of French champions Paris Saint-Germain, took over as ECA chairman when former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, who had supported the idea of a European Super League, stepped down in 2021.
Agnelli and the Juve board resigned in November of the year.