European Super League

Do you want the ESL to happen?

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BaillyBaillyBailly said:
As far as I am aware it would be a breakaway league, so all teams involved would leave their current league and not participate anymore.
There would be 12 founding members who cannot be removed from the league in the form of relegation.
5 clubs would be invited each season to participate (the winners of the remaining teams in the top 5 leagues england, france, germany, spain, italy)
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Surely not so united barca juve etc would leave they're respective leagues altogether?
 
I wonder what the players think?

The more I'm thinking about it the more I'm leaning towards it being a disaster. A few hours ago I was open to it.

Just imagine in 5 years time. Games played all over the world. The highest paying club gets the best players. No loyalty whatsoever. Players often move around between clubs (with so called rivalries) purely for money and no one can really call them out on it because everything is revolving around money.

However that is far fetched maybe.
 
saivet said:
What is the general consensus of fans from countries outside of England? Similar outrage in Spain/Italy?
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Discontent among fans of small teams. Among big teams I would say that support for the super league is rising
 
I understand the logic. It's not a terrible idea.

The clubs mentioned built the competition into what it is and are the main draw of the competition. Teams like Arsenal and United probably rightly think, we helped establish the current iteration of the competition and aren't reaping the rewards.
 
FrankDrebin said:
Any comments from managers, players ?
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Meh, don't expect anything controversial from them. At the end of the day, they'll go where the money and prestige is (rightly so by the way, I'd do the same for my wallet)..
 
Kounan said:
The one think I think they could do is making it different for new clubs (like Germany did, but thy went the opposite way, allowing private ownership), but to force them to do something now, especially by dictating the price....I really don't think they could do it.
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united decided themselves to sell and list on the stock exchange. Let’s not pretend this is all the Glazers fault. United have been looking at ways to maximise revenues and profits for 30 years.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
united decided themselves to sell and list on the stock exchange. Let’s not pretend this is all the Glazers fault. United have been looking at ways to maximise revenues and profits for 30 years.
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Of course. At the end, all English clubs are privately owned (or most of them), and if the owners would be richer, they would be spending much more money.
 
Berbaclass said:
I understand the logic. It's not a terrible idea.

The clubs mentioned built the competition into what it is and are the main draw of the competition. Teams like Arsenal and United probably rightly think, we helped establish the current iteration of the competition and aren't reaping the rewards.
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Yeah, all those memorable Arsenal 5-1 losses to Bayern. :lol:
 
Gasolin said:
I think you could still argue this is AGAINST British interests and in that case, there is no limitation to what you can do.
And you can tell all the other investors that finance or whatever industry you invest in is not really against British interests so there's no worry for them.
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I think anyone thinking that government couldn't do something needs to remember they basically shut down entire sectors of the economy for months at a time and have made it technically illegal to do many things.

If there was a political will, anything is possible and people should not be under any illusion that it can't happen. Surely this last year has proved that the government has very far reaching power. Certainly far enough to impact on this type of thing if the uproar is strong enough.
 
VorZakone said:
Meh, don't expect anything controversial from them. At the end of the day, they'll go where the money and prestige is (rightly so by the way, I'd do the same for my wallet)..
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nothing to do with players or managers. They shouldn’t be pushed to comment to be honest.
 
Berbaclass said:
I understand the logic. It's not a terrible idea.

The clubs mentioned built the competition into what it is and are the main draw of the competition. Teams like Arsenal and United probably rightly think, we helped establish the current iteration of the competition and aren't reaping the rewards.
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How many times have Arsenal won the European Cup?
 
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