UEFA had just finalised plans for a revamped Champions League but the governing body s president, Aleksandar Ceferin, received calls from five of the 12 founders of the ESL to confirm that the rumours were true.
The stunned Slovenian eventually managed to get in touch with the European Club Association (ECA) chairman Agnelli, who assured him that the whole thing was bullsh t . Don t worry, the Italian said, nothing is going on.
According to Ceferin, after the pair had exchanged several calls and agreed to issue a joint-statement on the matter, Agnelli promised to ring him back in an hour. But he didn t. Instead, he turned off his phone.
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