Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said that "he is not ruling out a potential European Super League," according to Stephan Uersfeld of ESPN. Rummenigge, who is also the chairman of the European Club Association, said that "there is still the possibility that there could be a 20-team league featuring clubs from Spain, England, Germany, Italy and France."
Several top clubs "have openly discussed the prospect of a league containing the continent's elite teams," with Real Madrid President Florentino Perez saying in '09 that he wanted an alternative to the Champions League that "guarantees that the best always play the best." Rummenigge said in '13 that the ECA "did not support a breakaway competition." However, the Bayern chief has more recently expressed concern that the Premier League's new TV deal "poses a great threat to all other European leagues" and he is now open to the idea.
He said, "I don't rule that in the future a European league consisting of the big teams from Italy, Germany, England, Spain and France will be founded. This could be either organized under the aegis of UEFA or privately" (ESPN, 1/13).
