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The European Club Association (ECA) is an organization representing football clubs in Europe - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, during his official presentation to fans. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was picked to lead and repair the reputation of the European soccer clubs network on Wednesday April 21, 2021, after resisting offers to take his team into the ill-fated Super League that ended Wednesday after a massive backlash led by fans worldwide. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, FILE)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 24, 1995 file photo, Ajax players Clarence Seedorf, left, Frank Rijkaard, center, and Edgar Davids, right, hold the Champions League European Cup Trophy Aloft as they celebrate their 1-0 victory over AC Milan in Vienna. Ajax is a team that many soccer fans around the world just love to love, especially when they win with flair in a competition like the Champions League. Their victory against Juventus on Tuesday, April 16 - coming only a few weeks after the team eliminated three-time defending champion Real Madrid in the last 16 - put Ajax through to the semifinals 3-2 on aggregate. They will next face either Manchester City or Tottenham. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, center, celebrates after Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld scores an own goal past his goalkeeper during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino leaves at the end of European Club Association's (ECA) 20th General Assembly, in the organization's 10-year anniversary in Rome, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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The new chairman of the European Club Association, ECA, Italy's Andrea Agnelli attends a news conference after the plenary general assembly of the European Club Association, ECA, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb 22, 2014 file photo UEFA President Michel Platini speaks during a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw at the Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice, southeastern France. Seeking to bolster national team football amid the rampant success of club competitions, UEFA’s 54 member countries voted Thursday to create the Nations League. UEFA boosted the new event by guaranteeing it would feed into qualifying for the 2020 European Championship. It could later be incorporated into European qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. “This is a very important decision for the future of football at the level of national teams,” UEFA President Michel Platini said Thursday after the unanimous vote at European football’s annual congress.. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

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