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Arsene Wenger speaks on proposed European Super League

Head of Global Football Development at FIFA, Arsene Wenger, has warned the Premier League on the effect of the European Super League if it eventually comes in place.
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Head of Global Football Development at FIFA, Arsene Wenger, has warned the Premier League on the effect of the European Super League if it eventually comes in place.
 
In an interview, the former Arsenal manager said:
 
"The Premier League has a superiority. The project (Big Picture) wanted to reinforce this superiority.
 
"The other leagues tried to destroy the advantage the Premier League has. For them, the best thing to attain that is to create a European League.
 
"So that means to destroy the Premier League, basically. So if they get the agreement from the English big clubs, it will happen.
 
He also added that the European Super League is about more money. 
 
He said: "What are the investors' first target? It's to make more money. And so that means the European Super League is one way maybe to make more money.
 
On the European Super League, FIFA denied any involvement in a statement, saying:
"As we already said last week, the topic of a so-called 'European Super League' comes up every now and then and FIFA has no wish to comment further on this since there are already well-established football institutional structures to deal with it. Generally speaking, and as stated again last week by the FIFA president, the focus for FIFA is on global football development and the new Club World Cup, and not any European Super League."