Jamie Carragher believes some of Europe's top clubs are continuing with their plans to launch a Super League because they are jealous of the Premier League and 'cannot get their head around' the riches of English football.
Carragher said the Premier League 'is the Super League' as he responded to the latest plans for a major shake-up.
The European Super League project, first mooted in 2021 before it was abandoned by English clubs amid a fan backlash and widespread criticism, was initially planned for a handful of elite European clubs.
But those behind the idea have returned with a revised plan which proposes a competition containing '60 to 80' clubs from the continent, and an 'open' tournament structure.
Carragher said the latest plans stem from the fact clubs cannot 'fathom why some of the biggest clubs in European football are earning the same as a mid-table Premier League side'.
'It basically falls down to the fact that the Premier League is the Super League,' he told Sky Sports.
'And that's what Barcelona, Real Madrid, the Milans, Juventus, can't get their heads around.
'They can't fathom why some of the biggest clubs in European football are earning the same as a mid-table club in the Premier League. You look at the transfer fees.
'You look at the January transfer window compared to other countries and the Premier League - and it's night and day. They want a slice of it.'
Carragher added: 'The only problem is, I think there was so much damage done to our clubs by [attempting] to leave to join the Super League that they've been burnt, badly and I think it'll be a long time before our clubs are getting involved in anything like this.
'And without the English clubs right now, for me there is no Super League.'
FIFA's latest report shows Premier League sides spent a record £742million in the January transfer window - £323m of which was splashed out by Chelsea.
Bernd Reichart - promotional company A22's chief executive - announced the new Super League plans this week. 'The foundations of European football are in danger of collapsing,' he said. 'It's time for a change.
'It is the clubs that bear the entrepreneurial risk in football. But when important decisions are at stake, they are too often forced to sit idly by on the sidelines as the sporting and financial foundations crumble around them.