The original plans for the ESL in 2021 contained 20 teams – 12 founding members and three unnamed clubs they expected to join later, plus five clubs who would have qualified annually based on their domestic achievements.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham backed out of the project within 48 hours following widespread condemnation.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, however, are still pushing for an ESL.

Reichart says the new ESL would contain 60 to 80 teams, each guaranteed a minimum of 14 matches per season and continue to play in their domestic leagues. A22 did not provide more specifics on the format.

La Liga president Javier Tebas has been a critic of the ESL and denounced the new proposals.

“The Super League is the wolf, who today disguises himself as a granny to try to fool European football,” he wrote on social media.

“But his nose and his teeth are very big, four divisions in Europe? Of course the first for them, as in the 2019 reform. Governed by the clubs? Of course only the big ones.”

The Football Supporters’ Association chief executive Kevin Miles was also critical of the new ESL proposals, saying the idea of an open competition was already taking place in the Champions League.

In December, The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its first ruling on the failed breakaway of 2021, leaning in favour of opposers Uefa, who claim it and Fifa have ultimate authority on whether any new competition is approved.

A European Court of Justice ruling due in the coming weeks is expected to rule in favour of UEFA, ultimately allowing the governing body to sanction clubs or players who are attempting to form a breakaway competition.

The remaining entities behind the European Super League have revealed they wish to launch another attempt at a breakaway by creating a new multi-divisional competition that would comprise between 60 and 80 teams.