AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Internazionale, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur released statements announcing their entry as founding clubs of a European Super League. 

"We will help football at every level and take it to its rightful place in the world. Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires," said Madrid president Florentino Perez.

The clubs are set to withdraw from the European Club Association, according to the statement.

Super League matches will be played in the middle of the week.

The founding clubs are set to receive $4.19 billion.

"Our 12 founder clubs represent billions of fans across the globe and 99 European trophies. We have come together at this critical moment, enabling European competition to be transformed, putting the game we love on a sustainable footing for the long-term future, substantially increasing solidarity, and giving fans and amateur players a regular flow of headline fixtures that will feed their passion for the game while providing them with engaging role models," released Andrea Agnelli in a statement. 

No German or French clubs have joined the league as of yet.

15 clubs are reportedly in talks to launch a European Super League by the 2023-24 season, sources told ESPN.

The new league will be backed by $6 billion in funding. 

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are among Premier League clubs to sign up for the plan.

The Super League will consist of 15 permanent teams who can never get relegated, along with five rotating clubs. 

The current 15 teams feature six from the Premier League, three from La Liga and Serie A, two from the Bundesliga, and one from Ligue 1. 

MLS concluded that Inter Miami broke the league's Designated Player rule in their signing of Blaise Matuidi last season.

The team could still face sanctions from MLS.

Matuidi, who was signed on a free transfer last summer, was initially categorized as a Target Allocation Money (TAM) player. His pay was above the limit for TAM players, and thus should have been categorized as a Designated Player.

The club already had reached the limit with three DPs by the time of the Matuidi signing. 

Miami's three current DPs this season are Gonzalo Higuain, Rodolfo Pizarro, and Matuidi.

Former DP Matias Pellegrini was bought out of his contract and will join the club's USL League One affiliate this season.