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UEFA president Ceferin in amazing 'spit in the face' Super League attack; slams Juventus president Agnelli

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin insists clubs and players involved in the proposed breakaway Super League could be banned 'as soon as possible' from all of its competitions and the World Cup.

Addressing an emergency meeting the day after 12 of Europe's top clubs announced the Super League, Ceferin launched a scathing attack on the plan, which has been widely condemned across the game and beyond.

Cefering refused to rule out that players could be banned from the Euros. When asked directly about when the ban would begin, he said: "I do not know when."

He added: "We're still assessing with our legal team but we will take all the sanctions that we can and we will inform you as soon we can. My opinion is that as soon as possible they have to be banned from all our competitions and the players from all our competitions."

Ceferin described the European Super League as 'spit in the face' for football and society - and said former European Club Association chairman Andrea Agnelli was "the biggest disappointment".

He added: "I do not want to be too personal, but I have never seen a person who would lie so many times. It was unbelievable."

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