[Football] Liverpool and Manchester United lead ‘European League’ breakout league idea

[amexer]

A joke if this happened. All credit German sides and PSG for not signing up to this. Supporters of English top sides cant be happy with it and it needs them to boycott games and STs

 

[Weststander]

Quite.

Just waiting for the Leeds fans now......


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At least thay have a European Cup in the cabinet.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I think and hope your right.

This is actually a golden opportunity to press the reset button on football finances and rid the game of the greedy money driven elements.

The reason the PL is the most watched league is because of its competitive nature.... if the euro greed league comes into reality then the competitiveness will disappear anyway. So bite the bullet... short term pain for long term gain for the game.

Let fans be footballs biggest stakeholder again rather than the CEO and billionaire owners who only care about cash.

If the Euro greed league appears surely the PL becomes instantly more (not less) competitive. It’s a very positive and welcome development

 

[beorhthelm]

i wonder which is the worse greed. the clubs that want to grow globally or UEFA that want to expand their tournament. maybe the clubs is the better of two evils, as UEFA seems determined on dominating over the domestic leagues, while the clubs want to play along side.

 

[albionalex]

This was inevitable.

Could well just be a negotiating tactic to push through the Champions League reforms that they want (which are pretty grotesque proposals).

The fan groups of these clubs really need to make their voices heard.

 

[dangull]

Would people really like 6 teams playing each other multiple times throughout a season? . I guess there would be no relegation as well, which would make a lot of games meaningless. Madness.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Sofa fans and tourists in the stadiums, money spinner.

 

[albionalex]

Would people really like 6 teams playing each other multiple times throughout a season? . I guess there would be no relegation as well, which would make a lot of games meaningless. Madness.

Unfortunately, TV companies will pay a lot more for Man United vs Juventus, even if it's a dead rubber, than Man United vs Sheffield United.

 

[jimhigham]

Imagine slugging it out with the Nigels for the last Europa League spot

 

[Change at Barnham]

Hats off to the German clubs.
A requirement for all clubs to be at least 51% fan owned.
And now refusing to join the greedy bast@rds from England, Italy and Spain in their breakaway.

Total admiration for the way the Germans run their football.

I can't see the breakaway happening. But then again I was convinced Brexit couldn't happen and Trump could never be elected.

 

[A1X]

A plastic league for plastic fans of plastic clubs

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

A plastic league for plastic fans of plastic clubs

If I didn't like the song so much I'd suggest this as the theme tune....

 

[Weststander]

UEFA and Florentino Pérez came to an agreement to change the format of the Champions League and not go on with the Super League project, but Real Madrid's president worked behind the scenes and managed to convince 12 teams. He 'backstabbed' Ceferin. (Source: [MENTION=5724]abc[/MENTION]_deportes)

https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1383813674356203523

Never under estimate the power of Real Madrid.

 

[Frutos]

Let them go, but only on the proviso that they can't come back if it all goes wrong.

Greedy ****ers, the lot of them.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

A plastic league for plastic fans of plastic clubs

A fabric league for fabric fans of fabric clubs. It’s all about sofas in front of TVs.

 

[METALMICKY]

Magnificent speech just now from Gary Neville on Sky in opposition to the move!

 

[dolphins]

Magnificent speech just now from Gary Neville on Sky in opposition to the move!

Totally agree. Agreement in the studio too.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Indeed. Powerful and passionate stuff.
He has suggested Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal should be relegated. Called out Liverpool as a fake club of the people.

 

[METALMICKY]

And now really funny trying to ask Olly his opinion! Shall I speak my mind or keep my job?

 

[fork me]

National associations could kaibosh this by saying that no player from a team outside their jurisdiction and league system would be eligible for international duty.

FIFA themselves have said that now. They said that any player that played in this "super league" would not be eligible for any FIFA backed competition, including the World Cup.