European Super League
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He just said everything everybody wanted Klopp to say.
Well done Pep well done.
The only good thing is this could finally mean United fans and ex players could unite and put more pressure on Glazers.
Yep I agree with this.
Roman (and frankly all club owners here) is beyond rich and does not need the extra income He is however all about prestige. Owning a English football club is in many ways a new mode of royalty. He wants the prestige and will only have been pulled into this due to fear of missing out.
If the public backlash continues, I can see Chelsea being the first club to back out. There is no way he's going to be happy with how this has been handled by the Americans.
Perhaps the Uefa lawyers have had their say about the current CL
https://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-ch...opean-super-league-rebels-to-go-ahead-sources
https://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-ch...opean-super-league-rebels-to-go-ahead-sources
That is ultimately what is going to happen.
League of champions probably
What happens if the SL clubs agree to strict salary/spend caps (rumoured to be one of the main reasons the yank owners are so keen) What’s to stop an ambitious wealthy owner (e.g. at Everton) building a better squad than any of the SL teams? I don’t think domestic domination will necessarily follow for the “big six”. Even more so, if signing for a SL club means players can’t compete in World Cups.
A chilling thought is they have already thought about all of this and they are not bothered about "legacy fans". They are reaching out to the under-25's who may be willing to pay money for these kind of matches.
Hell. They may already have a good idea how much they can see this to the Asian market and beyond. Maybe they think they don't need match going fans anymore
The PL would not agree to that in a million years
But they threaten to reduce it to 14? Without the 6 they are a dead league walking.
the under 25s have no money
Would be nice with some "right" referees.
Keep in mind those caps will be based on the inflated revenue of the ESL teams. It will take a lot of money for anyone else to go one better.
True, good point.
So they had wine and cheese and said "Well!! What can we do about it huh!!"
One of the big concerns for this government is keeping the red wall. Its a big discussion within the conservative party. Word from inside the party at the moment is this is the biggest open goal they've been presented with for decades to curry real favour with the working classes.
It's from Sky so take as you will...
You can either hear it or directly read Sky's comment in the description.
50,000 fans... hundred quid a time = £5,000,000 (less costs of staffing etc)
sell the stream of the game for £2 to 5 million people = £10,000,000
For sure there are better ways to make money for clubs than getting in more punters - they could probably give the tickets away for free just for the atmosphere and still make more money by cutting UEFA out of TV negotiations
Reckon City would back out.
No way Pep would have spoken out the way he did if City weren't getting cold feet.
No way Pep would have spoken out the way he did if City weren't getting cold feet.
Even if they don't dominate: they no longer have any incentive to compete if they can't win the league. Six-way title races are incredibly rare (non-existent, really) and with league position being otherwise completely inconsequential, they could just focus on the SL. It distorts the competition when teams around them at the same time are going for Champions League football.
Agree. Years of poor spending and mismanagement. They should have let them crash
I had no idea he worked there.
How does someone oversee a huge decline with a bunch of decisions that are roundly criticised over the years and then get a job at another huge club?
God I wish I had one day in my job with the lack of accountability that football executives have.
Today: It will capture imagination
Tomorrow: We will guarantee entertainment
Day after: We will make sure every match is competitive and fun to watch
Few days after: Hey!! Do you think we should game the system a bit to bring more entertainment to the fans.
Need to wait for the VAR check...
I'm 100% certain they don't need them financially, but for the spectacle you really do need full stadiums (and not full of tourists on a jolly).
I don't know anyone who particularly enjoys watching games at the moment, I mean we watch them because there is no choice, but it just wouldn't be the same if grounds were only ever 20% full or whatever.
(cue joke about the Emptihad)
Indeed. Stand up guys the pair of them. Selfless, with only the game at heart. If this new debacle covers up their inability to properly run the clubs they're in charge of then I suspect that's nothing more than a coincidence.
In all seriousness, you wouldn't see Sir Lawrence acting like this...
They threatened to expell 6 PL clubs only if they join the ESL, which is fair enough, but they absolutely will not reduce the number of PL teams to accomidate a new league that goes against everything they stand for. That would be crazy.
But according to Perez - if real madrid crashes - football dies, wouldn't you know... So we can't let that happen.
Indeed, and that's my point. I agree with the rest of that.
With this and all the money they had to be gifted from Franco I am starting to think they actually have 9 lives.
Mate it happens everywhere, it’s all nepotism. One of the high level executives at my workplace was CEO of his previous company, his mismanagement was so poor he tanked the business and a lot of people lost their jobs. Wasn’t even six months before he walked in to our place on a six figure salary. This is just how the world works. Some people play by different rules.
I 100% believe this is the plan, yes. The owners have come to the conclusion from this pandemic year, that they don't need the local fans anymore. They're only interested in the fans of the future, making it Fifa like.
They can make a lot more, selling the streaming rights themselves to other markets around the world, that won't care about our national game being dismantled, only tuning in to see their favourite stars vs. each other every week.
This is a danish newspaper, who quotes Reuters:
The Madrid court does not believe that there is any legal basis for Fifa and Uefa to slow down the Super League or sanction.
Likewise, the court rules that the federations cannot sanction either clubs or players at present with the current knowledge of the Super League.
The Madrid court does not believe that there is any legal basis for Fifa and Uefa to slow down the Super League or sanction.
Likewise, the court rules that the federations cannot sanction either clubs or players at present with the current knowledge of the Super League.
Amazing really isn't it.
As much of a denial as PSG.