Liverpool have been accused of being the ‘real founders’ of the Super League.
The project remains alive by sole virtue of three clubs – Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus – refusing to relinquish their role in the failed plot.
Anfield owners Fenway Sports Group joined five other Premier League teams in publicly withdrawing from the breakaway just 48 hours after its launch.
Separately, John Henry also publicly apologised for his personal role in choosing to pursue the closed-shop alternative to the Champions League.
But Barcelona president Joan Laporta now alleges that the Reds and their English top flight peers were the actual driving forces of the flawed concept.
“UEFA threatened us with fines and with kicking us out of the Champions League,” he told the Catalan club’s general assembly on Sunday.
“Time has proven us right. Now they have cancelled [suspended] the disciplinary process and registered us for next season’s Champions League.
“We’re doing this because we love football and because right now the game is in a complicated situation. The state-owned clubs can make much more attractive offers than us and they keep on investing.
“Young people prefer attractive games and audiences are dropping, so there’s less money. We want it to be the most attractive competition in the world. We invite UEFA and the leagues to talk about it.
“It’s a much supportive project than UEFA’s, too. UEFA pay €180 million in solidarity payments, but the Super League would have made that €400m.
“We believe FIFA are closer to our way of thinking. UEFA’s reaction was strange and now they’re backtracking.
“The English clubs were the competition’s driving force and they got scared under pressure from UEFA.
“I think they regret leaving the Super League now, seeing how UEFA have backtracked on their threats.”
The Premier League issued its six clubs, including Liverpool, with financial penalties of £3.5 million for their respective roles in the Super League.
Any future attempts by those same teams to try and rejoin a similarly unsactioned competition will lead to 30-point deductions and a £20m fine.