Owners of teams involved in the Super League plans like the Glazers and Roman Abramovich are likely to have to agree to a peace pact with the European Club Association if they are to be readmitted to the influential lobbying group.
The Premier League announced earlier this week that it is working on a new ‘Owners Charter’, committing those responsible for making the key decisions at the club to the league’s core principles, and it is understood a similar compact is a possibility at ECA level as a means to provide assurance to current members of the group.
The 12 Super League clubs resigned from the ECA at the point the new breakaway competition was announced on April 18, but the PA news agency understands informal conversations between those currently involved in ECA and representatives of some of those clubs have already taken place, with different camps emerging among the dozen.