"... The New York Times explains how Ceferin felt he had to address the rumours and jumped in his car for an eight-hour drive from his home in Ljubljana to his office in Switzerland.
The report continues to reveals that he tried to call Agnelli, but that the Juventus patron initially didn’t pick up the phone.
Ceferin is the Godfather to one of Agnelli’s daughters and decided to contact Agnelli’s wife to ask if she could get the Bianconeri President to call him back.
When the UEFA President was almost halfway to his office, Agnelli returned his call.
The newspaper reveals Agnelli continued to ‘reassure Ceferin that everything was fine’ but the Slovenian was not at ease and ‘suggested to issue a joint communiqúe that would put the issue to rest’.
Agnelli agreed with Ceferin, who drafted a statement in the car and sent it to Agnelli, who wanted more time to send back an amended version.
But when the hours passed and the two traded more calls, the Italian said he needed 30 more minutes and turned off his phone.
Agnelli had reportedly ‘protected the rebels’ secret for weeks’ and on Sunday night, an official announcement was published simultaneously on the 12 teams’ official websites."
https://www.football-italia.net/169...ked-statement-hours-super-league-announcement


