The nine teams that were part of the unfortunate launch of the Breakaway Super League have been welcomed back to the decision-making body overseeing European club games.
Six English clubs - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham - will again be members of the European Club Association (ECA), along with AC Milan, Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid.
But Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are refusing to abandon the largely closed breakaway competition to launch a rival for the Champions League, sparking a rift with UEFA and their European counterparts.
All 12 founding clubs of the Super League left the ECA in April after they reneged on UEFA's previous commitments to start a Super League. The Nine now rejoined the ECA after they left the Super League amid backlash from governing bodies and supporters - notably in England having demolished the project.
The ECA is now headed by Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who never signed up for the Super League which collapsed within 48 hours. The ECA said it had "an elaborate process of clubs and re-evaluations" before its executive board allowed them to withdraw their previous resignations.
The ECA said in a statement, "The ECA Executive Board took into account the clubs' acceptance that the so-called European Super League project was not in the interest of the wider football community and their publicly informed decision to abandon the ESL project altogether, ECA said in a statement. on Monday.
"The ECA Board also acknowledged the desire of the clubs to actively engage with the ECA in their collective mission to develop European club football - in the open and transparent interests of all, not the few."
Nine former Rebel clubs have already agreed to a financial deal with UEFA, accepting the fine as an acknowledgment of wrongdoing for trying to break away from existing competition structures. They made a combined payment of €15 million ($18m) and would leave 5% of revenue to play a season in Europe.
To prevent them from redeploying the Super League threat, the clubs have also agreed to pay a fine of €100m if they want to play in an unauthorized competition again or €50m if they do so as part of the agreement. violate any other commitments to UEFA.
Despite the lack of support from their biggest European counterparts, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are still taking legal action to challenge "UEFA's monopoly position on European football".
He hopes the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will rule in his favor and allow the concept of a Super League not run by UEFA to be explored by teams.