Dr Dan Plumley

Sun 8 January 2023 12:09, UK

Super League organisers Juventus are “desperate” for Manchester City to rejoin the project after their latest financial reports showed huge losses.

That is the view of finance expert Dr Dan Plumley, who spoke exclusively to Football Insider about how the latest financial results from Turin show a stake comparison to Premier League giants.

Juventus remain one of three teams still pushing for the European Super League project to take shape, with Barcelona and Real Madrid also still on board with the plans.

Football Insider sources revealed that the Super League organisers are set to hold a summit in Brussels next Friday (13 January), with Juventus expected to be involved.

Juventus shareholders approved their club’s financial statement last month (27 December) despite the Serie A outfit reporting record losses of €239million [£211m] for the 2021/22 season.

Plumley believes the financial dominance of Premier League giants such as Man City is exactly why Juventus are “desperate” for English clubs to rejoin the project.

“The challenge for Juventus is that the financial losses and the ongoing scandal regarding their board compound into a position that loses them face in the ecosystem among other clubs,” Plumley told Football Insider.

“However, those figures also suggest that one of the reasons Juventus are so keen on the Super League is that they need it more than some of the other clubs that were involved.

“If you compare them to Manchester City for example and the other big English clubs, they’re so far behind financially that you can see why they’re pushing so hard for the Super League.

“Juventus are desperate for English clubs to buy in to make it work how they want it to work.

“It’s a bit of a fear factor – they need English clubs on board because they’re so far ahead of teams like Juventus that it’s becoming a real domestic problem.”

In other news, Manchester City are set for a ‘big money’ transfer boost after Premier League chiefs meeting