Soccer-Chelsea to pull out of Super League - BBC report

Soccer Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - April 20, 2021 Former Chelsea player Petr Cech talking to fans as Chelsea fans protest the planned European Super League outside the stadium before the match. It was announced twelve of Europe's top football clubs will launch a breakaway REUTERS/Matthew Childs

LONDON (Reuters) -Chelsea are set to pull out of the breakaway European Super League in a major blow to the plans for a new competition to rival the Champions League, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

The BBC said they "understand that the club owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich are preparing documentation to request withdrawing from the European Super League."