Celtic and Rangers face Super League lockout as Juventus and Real Madrid hold secret Euro talks

Celtic and Rangers are among the many golf equipment anxiously ready to listen to the end result of ‘secret’ high-level talks on the way forward for European soccer – amid additional fears of a transfer in the direction of a ‘closed store’ Tremendous League.

Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli and Actual Madrid supremo Florentino Perez reportedly held a three-hour assembly in Turin on the eve of Juve’s Italian Tremendous Cup conflict with Napoli to go over plans for a Champions League revamp from 2024.

Agnelli, who can also be head of the European Membership Affiliation, has been a long-term supporter of a breakaway competitors for European heavyweights which might exclude the likes of the Old Firm golf equipment and Dutch giants Ajax.

It might imply automated qualification for a few of Europe’s elite sides, with few assured locations for different groups.

Madrid chief Perez additionally backs the competitors and has the assist of former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

But it surely might be a crushing blow for Europe’s outsiders, with Celtic and Rangers more likely to discover their path into the competitors lower off, although Agnelli has conceded the Parkhead membership’s standing as former European Cup winners may work of their favour.

In accordance with Italian newspaper La Stampa, Agnelli didn’t journey to Sassuolo’s Mapei Stadium – the place the Tremendous Cup ultimate is being held – to satisfy with Perez on Tuesday.

It acknowledged: “The Juventus primary remained in Turin as a result of he was concerned in a really excessive degree summit with Florentino Perez, president of Actual Madrid – A secret assembly confirmed by Juventus sources, the place the way forward for soccer was on the centre of the discussions.

“Agnelli can also be the president of the ECA, the affiliation of European golf equipment, whereas Perez has been working for a while to construct a Tremendous League that brings collectively the strongest and hottest golf equipment to extend sporting and financial worth.

“The assembly lasted about three hours and came about within the late morning.”