Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
All in tomorrow’s papers , new invitations only European Super League for starters
[Football] Football Leaks new Super League etc
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darkwolf666
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It was only a matter of time, let them **** off and play in their mates club... people will soon realise that the interest is ultimately limited and it will be starved of the oxygen of interest, just like the Champions League is at the group stages now!
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
It would reinvigorate the Premier League if we could lose the top 5 or 6.
And where do you think the money will go?
Best way to stop it would be for FIFA to give lifetime bans to players in an unsanctioned leagues.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
From the little info currently available, it doesn't seem to me that they would withdraw from our league. Rather that the new format would replace the laughable 'Champions League'.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Five English clubs are among 11 so-called “founding members” in a proposal for a European Super League to start in 2021, according to documents released by Der Spiegel on Friday.
The German magazine – as part of the latest Football Leaks revelations – claims Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City are among the clubs who have been in negotiations about a new competition to replace the Champions League in three years’ time.
A draft of a “binding term sheet” sent on 22 October 2018 by the firm Key Capital Partners to Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Pérez, appears to show the English clubs would be joined by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Milan as founding members with a further five clubs – Atlético Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Internazionale and Roma – appearing as “initial guests”.
According to Der Spiegel, the 11 founding teams could not be relegated and would be part of the league for the first 20 years. The date by which the 16 clubs are to sign the “binding term sheet” is listed as November 2018.
When contacted by journalists working on the leaks, Real Madrid and Key Capital Partners declined to comment on the document.
Bayern, when asked for a comment, said the club was aware of “neither the existence nor the content” of the draft of the “binding term sheet.” Furthermore, he added, Bayern “as a matter of policy, does not comment on confidential discussions”.
The 11 founding clubs, according to the document, would register a company in Spain to market, organise and execute the European Super League under its full control. The competition would have a group stage and a knockout round. There is also a suggestion that a second league under the European Super League could be created.
The document also has a list of potential ownership stakes by the individual clubs in the joint European Super League company, with Real Madrid holding 18.77%, Barcelona 17.61% and Manchester United 12.58%.
Last year the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, accused Europe’s top leagues of attempting to “blackmail” the governing body and told leading clubs he would never allow the creation of a European super league. Ceferin accused “some leagues” of trying to hold Uefa to ransom and “some clubs” of agitating for a closed super league.
“To some clubs, I shall say it calmly and dispassionately, but firmly and resolutely: there will be no closed league. Quite simply, that is not in line with our values and ideals,” he said in 2017.
“We will never give in to the blackmail of those who think they can manipulate small leagues or impose their will on the associations because they think they are all powerful on account of the astronomical revenues they generate.”
The German magazine – as part of the latest Football Leaks revelations – claims Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City are among the clubs who have been in negotiations about a new competition to replace the Champions League in three years’ time.
A draft of a “binding term sheet” sent on 22 October 2018 by the firm Key Capital Partners to Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Pérez, appears to show the English clubs would be joined by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Milan as founding members with a further five clubs – Atlético Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Internazionale and Roma – appearing as “initial guests”.
According to Der Spiegel, the 11 founding teams could not be relegated and would be part of the league for the first 20 years. The date by which the 16 clubs are to sign the “binding term sheet” is listed as November 2018.
When contacted by journalists working on the leaks, Real Madrid and Key Capital Partners declined to comment on the document.
Bayern, when asked for a comment, said the club was aware of “neither the existence nor the content” of the draft of the “binding term sheet.” Furthermore, he added, Bayern “as a matter of policy, does not comment on confidential discussions”.
The 11 founding clubs, according to the document, would register a company in Spain to market, organise and execute the European Super League under its full control. The competition would have a group stage and a knockout round. There is also a suggestion that a second league under the European Super League could be created.
The document also has a list of potential ownership stakes by the individual clubs in the joint European Super League company, with Real Madrid holding 18.77%, Barcelona 17.61% and Manchester United 12.58%.
Last year the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, accused Europe’s top leagues of attempting to “blackmail” the governing body and told leading clubs he would never allow the creation of a European super league. Ceferin accused “some leagues” of trying to hold Uefa to ransom and “some clubs” of agitating for a closed super league.
“To some clubs, I shall say it calmly and dispassionately, but firmly and resolutely: there will be no closed league. Quite simply, that is not in line with our values and ideals,” he said in 2017.
“We will never give in to the blackmail of those who think they can manipulate small leagues or impose their will on the associations because they think they are all powerful on account of the astronomical revenues they generate.”
It would need to be renamed "Championship 1" and we'd get excited about signing Labradors from Peterborough again.
So, a Champions League replacement, of sorts?
I'll be fuming when we finish fourth. Until then...
studio150
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So no relegation for 20 years for founding members, which ensures that that whichever English team finishes outside the top 4 (or 3 if the national coefficient reduces) still effectively qualify for the new CL and the expected vast TV revenue.
It seems that this proposal pops up every few years but would UEFA sanction given the no relegation option
It seems that this proposal pops up every few years but would UEFA sanction given the no relegation option
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Gosh this sounds like a dull proposal.
Surely Manchester United (American owned), Liverpool (American owned), Arsenal (American owned) Manchester City (UAE owned) & Chelsea (Russian owned) wouldn’t do that as it’s not in the interest of the English game as would increase the financial gap between those clubs and the rest and therefore reduce competition?
jakarta
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They forgot Leeds as well, clearly going to be a non-starter.
HitchinSeagull
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The money goes on wages and with a massive drop in revenue wages would fall through the floor and there would be little incentive to overspend in the Championship.
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A mex eyecan
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and The Massive SW
HitchinSeagull
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Can we get rid of Fifa at the same time please?
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Would Spurs still manage to Spurs it in the league?
