Ceferin says UEFA is still talking to its legal team and the breakaway teams will ‘realise their mistake and suffer the consequences’.
Twelve big European clubs planned to set up a breakaway competition to rival the UEFA Champions League on Sunday, and it has since become the most talked about issue in the football world.
Some of the clubs have since decided to officially withdraw from the formation of the competition but Ceferin says the clubs will be punished.
The revolution against the Champions League by the traditional Premier League ‘big six’ together with the likes of Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan has been deemed unfair by the Slovenian.
“I spoke to the owners of Roma and Marseille, who are American billionaires and have publicly stated that they would never enter such a league, because they respect the fans and the tradition of their clubs,” Ceferin told 24ur.
“It’s unfair to say that the American owners are different, even if it’s true that their sports system is different.”
The 53-year-old was asked what will happen next to the Super League founders.
“We will talk about football, but in the meetings, I will decide who sits next to me,” he said. “So, I can put someone a little further away.
“If these clubs want to play in our competition again, they will have to get close to us and we will have to evaluate what happened, but I don’t want to go into details, as we are still talking to our legal team.
“I would say that the English clubs have made a very good decision and we will take that into account.
“They admitted their mistake and realized they were wrong. We all make mistakes. In a way, I was disappointed with everyone, but I must say that maybe Barcelona are the ones that disappointed me the least.
“[President Joan] Laporta was elected very recently and I spoke to him two or three times. He was under great pressure due to the financial situation he inherited.
“This happens when you overpay some players and don’t get a result.
“Look at Bayern Munich: they have no debts and have won the Champions League. I was in constant contact with Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Borussia Dortmund’s Joachim Watzke.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has insisted Juventus and Milan have not left the Super League project and wants to change the project.
“Today, a club sent me the Super League match schedule. It was funny, because only Real and Juventus play every day.
“We’ll see what happens next week. A lot has happened 24 hours after the congress, but I expect more news by Friday.
“I think those who claim to be completely calm in this situation are not telling the truth. The situation is very complicated for them and not for the UEFA, which has 235 out of 247 clubs on its side.
“Indeed, 244. They are all with us. Yesterday I received text messages of support from virtually every club in Europe.
“So, now we expect everyone to realise their mistake and suffer the consequences. We will talk about it next week.”
“They helped me a lot, as well as President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who logically should have been one of the first to take part in the Super League.”
