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Friday briefing: Tebas calls on EU lawmakers to legislate on Super League

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LaLiga president Javier Tebas has declared himself happy with last month’s Opinion by the European Court of Justice Advocate General (CJEU) on the European Super League case, but said that it was imperative now that lawmakers acted on the advice, reports James Corbett from Brussels.

Tebas said that he would like to see ideas surrounding the so-called European Sports Model enshrined into EU law. A key part of UEFA’s defence of the Super League action was its defence of this idea.

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