Lots of players will have clauses in their contracts about being able to leave if the club doesn't play in CL/EL etc.
Good fecking luck with that
European Super League
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Basically people seem to think 12 of the biggest clubs in football can just be destroyed.
Good fecking luck with that
Of course he will say that to increase Martial's value.
Yeah, just in UK probably . No one is watching West Ham vs Leicester , the PL title decider by waking up 4 AM or staying late until 12 AM To see the match (which is what's happening now)
I think this is beyond naive. The reality is those 6 clubs hold all the cards and have for a long time which has only continued to grow. UEFA and the FA have done nothing to stop it while they were getting a slice. Do you seriously believe Everton or Leicester will be able to grow to the size they can fill that gap? The Premier League is a great product because of the top teams in it.
I really dislike UEFA and FIFA. They are a bunch of corrupt hypocrites. And I get it that the Champions league format needs a reform, that should not be handed by these guys.
But the answer does not lie in exluding ALL the other teams. This is what disgusts me in this so called super league.
But the answer does not lie in exluding ALL the other teams. This is what disgusts me in this so called super league.
You would think everyone involved with this project knew there would be strong backlash, so i dont just see them backing off like that.
After all, why would they care if UEFA bans them EL/CL, or even getting banned from the domestic league, considering just how much more money there is in this super league? The clubs they are representing will be set for years/decades to come!
After all, why would they care if UEFA bans them EL/CL, or even getting banned from the domestic league, considering just how much more money there is in this super league? The clubs they are representing will be set for years/decades to come!
This is sure, the players can become free agent and decide where to play
the contracts automatically terminates when the clubs leaves
the contracts automatically terminates when the clubs leaves
If we were basing this on population, sure. But this is about football.
If we were talking about a European Super League based on actual football history then there are big name clubs across England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Scotland and Turkey who haven't made this shortlist who could have lended an air of this being an actual broad ranging European Super League.
Instead it's just the three London clubs, the other three richest UK clubs and a few wealthy foreign clubs proclaiming themselves the elite of football based on what they're worth.
Oliver Dowden's statement in the House of Commons
Oliver Dowden giving a statement in the commons imminently
What I'm trying to say is, UEFA nor FIFA doesn't have the high ground here, they themselves are corrupted. If they want to ban the players, clubs, they will also suffer as much.
Right now what I'm seeing is my beloved club is seen as the villain because of the media overreaction and propaganda, I don't like that. Football has always been about the elite clubs and the best players after all.
Premier League is famous worldwide because of the club and the players they can bring in, not solely because of the league.
Literally 3 of the 6 weren't anything more than an average Everton 20 years ago. 1 of those that was more is essentiall only Evertons level now (plus big fanbase). United and Liverpool sure, but the rest?
Fabrizio Romano: Serie A meeting ongoing - including Juventus, AC Milan and Inter
Who owns the rules?
Who owns the rights for the name of a footballing entity bearing the city's name?
Is this Basketball or Packer's Cricket?
We are the villain. Well correction, the owners are. It's not propaganda, Man Utd are one of the main players in making this happen.
already somewhere between 1 and 2. it’ll be 3 by the end of the week.
I'd still watch FA cup, Carling cup..Europa league final..whatever there is to consume.
AFTV: All fans must take a stand and stop The Super League
Not a fan of AFTV but good to hear what the support trusts have been doing in the past 24 hours
Everyone is the villain. It’s all about money and who gets that money.
Ya right you bumbling fools. Couldn't ban just 1 club for 1 season for breaking rules YOU set in YOUR competition but yeah, will ban 12 clubs and players in it.
Battle of stupid twats vs intelligent/semi-intelligent twats. Beautiful game fecked up in middle.
I don't think Glazers et al anticipated gov to weigh in. Sure they thought they'd get blow back from fans and pundits but not Bojo Sir Keir Starmer et al.
Mönchengladbach has come out with the same anti-ESL statement as well. I'm not really fuzzed on why at this point, I just want clubs to publicly denounce the intiative.
So why does Burnley fans still watch the premier league then if they can never win the thing?
I think these 12 can do what they like and create their own organisation and league or whatever, but then don’t expect to be allowed or invited to play in other organisation tournaments. Stick to your own. As another poster suggested, they’d create their own break way leagues and international tournaments. feck them.
already somewhere between 1 and 2. it’ll be 3 by the end of the week.
He he he.
It's the we're built. We forget and move on.
Like Man City?
What’s the problem? Sigh. Look at what happened with brexit or even trump. You fix things by being inside them not taking your ball and going to create a small competition where you play each other endlessly
Yes and in that 20 years the FA and UEFA have done nothing to stop corruption from spreading into the game. By letting clubs get bought out under these owners the FA sold their soul and their power alongside it.
Which top players are going to leave their clubs? You think they'll be taking the moral high ground and earn a fraction of what they'll currently earn, and also put their future financial health at risk? Some players play for countries which will never be more than cannon fodder in international tournaments (Zlatan) or don't even make their squads (Martial). These players aren't going to be going anywhere for fear of losing their fat contracts.
Italians trying to salvage something. But in the UK? We will be too stupid.
Not sure Boris's opinions make much difference, though. These lot know what they're doing. They've probably had the best legal advice and all that jazz.
yep.
i can understand the backlash but it will die down and like you say, life will continue. people aren’t rioting in the streets when they’re the ones actually getting shafted by billionaires, expecting them to do it now for their football club is nonsensical.
Be interesting to see what happens with this. This is a open goal for the UK Govt, they can go hammer and tongs at the clubs and the populace by and large will support them.
Meeting tomorrow between the premier league clubs, the selfish 6 excluded.
Say the clubs get kicked out or banned and then they all form this super league. Transfers wont be able to happen anymore between the Super League and anywhere else as the federations wont ratify the transfers.
City were able to grow by piggy backing onto the success of the league and the other big clubs within it. They are also backed by a nation state which is hardly replicable. Why would other owners come in and do the same if all the best teams had left the premier league? It's naive to think this wouldn't suck all the money out the league.
Thats because we are the villain and are being instrumental in breaking up European football.
Propaganda ?
You are very much in the minority supporting this, very much.