Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has voiced his disagreement with plans for a European Super League, claiming that such a competition would "destroy the Premier League".
Talks are believed to have begun over the league, which would include some of Europe's biggest clubs, with former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealing that the Catalan giants have agreed to join.
However, Wenger - currently working as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development - is strongly against the proposal and believes that the idea for a European Super League is money-driven.
Speaking to The Guardian, the Frenchman said: "The Premier League has a superiority. The project [Big Picture] wanted to reinforce this superiority.
"The other leagues tried to destroy the advantage the Premier League has. For them, the best thing to attain that is to create a European league.
"So that means to destroy the Premier League, basically. So if they get the agreement from the English big clubs, it will happen.
"It is football as well. But of course, we are in a period of owners who are investors. What are the investors' first target? It's to make more money. And so that the European Super League is one way maybe to make more money."
The plans for a potential Super League have also been criticised by UEFA vice-president Fernando Gomes, who claimed that it is the "exacerbation of selfishness and greed".
Ben Knapton
