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Ceferin is then due to attend a press conference early this afternoon, when he will make his first public comments about the developments that have rocked the game to its core.

It is suggested the clubs will argue that any bans would be both a restraint of trade and also fall foul of the precedent set by the legal victories by swimmers in ChanaDobb messi drakt Ferdinand their battle to join the breakaway International Swimming League against the objections of the international federation Fina.

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That suggests Super League has taken a page out of the Sepp Blatter Fifa liverpool drakt manual and filed a case in a local court in mainland Europe, which could then be progressed to the full European Court.

While the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport is recognised ChanaDobb messi drakt Ferdinand as the ultimate tribunal for sporting disputes, it cannot take up a case until parties have a ruling from within their sport to file an objection and dissent.

The letter read: “We are concerned that Fifa and Uefa may respond to this invitation letter by seeking to take punitive measures to exclude any participating club or player from their respective competitions.