All 12 European Super League Clubs 'To Hold Meeting Tonight' Over Disbanding Competition After HUGE Backlash

All 12 European Super League teams will hold a meeting tonight ahead of potentially disbanding the competition, according to reports.

The recently announced European competition was met with widespread backlash after 12 teams from England, Spain and Italy signed up for it.

Chelsea became the first team to make a U-turn on the European Super League amid reports that the Premier League club was 'preparing documentation for withdrawal.'

Both Manchester City and Atletico Madrid are ready to follow suit with Chelsea and exit the controversial Super League.

According to talkSPORT, the 12 Super League teams will take part in a meeting tonight to discuss the future of the club competition.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had previously issued a warning to clubs involved in The Super League, saying that the contract was "binding."

The Super League chairman told El Chiringuito: "The contract of the Super League is binding. Nobody can leave, we will work all together.

"All the clubs signed the contracts last Saturday -- there's no problem."

Perez also made a bold claim that younger people aren't interested in football, saying that 90-minute matches might be too long.

The 74-year-old Spaniard explained: "Whenever there is a change, there are always people who oppose it. We are doing this to save football at this critical moment.

"Audiences are decreasing and rights are decreasing and something had to be done. We are all ruined. Television has to change so we can adapt.

"Young people are no longer interested in football. Why not? Because there are a lot of poor quality games and they are not interested, they have other platforms on which to distract themselves."

Chelsea and City were two of the Premier League's 'big six' sides involved in the Super League alongside Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.

United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward will resign his position from the club at the end of 2021 after the huge backlash over the European Super League.

Featured Image Credit: PA/Twitter

Topics: European Super League, Football, ESL

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz is a journalist for SPORTbible. He studied for a B.A. in History at the University of York and followed it up with an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism at MMU. Before he started writing about sports, he spent over four years in the gaming press. He has worked for several publications, including Hardcore Gamer, LADbible and the Manchester Evening News. Follow him on Twitter to find out what he is working on next. Got a story tip for Adnan? Email him: [email protected]

@AdnanRiaz9