UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says there will be punishments for those who sought to form the breakaway European Super League - but the English clubs may get off more lightly than others.
He was speaking to The Mail on Sunday following a tumultuous week for football.
Describing his emotions at hearing the news last week of the intention of the 12 clubs to form the new competition, Ceferin said: 'I felt like I had been put into a washing machine.'
Many have called for severe punishments for the clubs involved, with Ceferin himself suggesting a ban could be in the offing.
However, he has also indicated that the English clubs who pulled out during the week may not be sanctioned as heavily as their continental counterparts, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus.
‘Let’s see," he said about potential punishments for the clubs involved.
"Everyone has to take consequences for what they did and we cannot pretend nothing happened.
"You cannot do something like that and just say: “I’ve been punished because everybody hates me.”
"They don’t have problems because of anyone else but themselves. It’s not OK what they did and we will see in next few days what we have to do."
He did, however, say there was a "clear difference between the English clubs and the other six."
"They pulled out first, they admitted they made a mistake. You have to have some greatness to say: “I was wrong.”
"For me, there are three groups of this 12 — the English Six, who went out first, then the other three (Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan) after them and then the ones who feel that Earth is flat and they think the Super League still exists.
"And there is a big difference between those. But everyone will be held responsible. In what way, we will see."
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