European Super League

And where are the comments from the players, the players unions and representatives?? They can stop this. Just say no. They’ve all got contracts to play in the EPL...the clubs are breaking the contracts. Be interesting to see if those same players just see the £ signs

This looks pretty serious now and not a negotiating tactic so basically if we finish at least 10th we will qualify for the Champions League next season.

Bayern Munich and PSG will still be in it so still an attractive product that should maintain a healthy revenue stream from Champions league broadcasting.

The Premier league must kick the traitor teams out and should still have a huge worldwide TV audience and maintain it's generous TV income so off you trot you greedy bar stewards you will not be missed.

Actually, there is a very simple way to stop this... the Govt to refuse to issue safety certificates for any game taking place outside the remit of the FA

End of.

The Premier League have announced that they will not sanction this proposal by the breakaway clubs so if these clubs do not back down they will be kicked out so I think it's fair to say that this is going to get ugly.

This is foreign ownership who care more about what Asian, American and Middle eastern TV audiences want to watch, not about the local communities and fans of these clubs. The government should step in and make it clear British football clubs cannot be used in this way

comment by salonika73 (U4688)
posted 59 minutes ago
Actually, there is a very simple way to stop this... the Govt to refuse to issue safety certificates for any game taking place outside the remit of the FA

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They would sue the government for improper refusal. But there is a way the government can step in and prevent it, which is with the threat of nationalisation and asset seizure of all six football clubs involved

let the feckers go, ban them from every competition apart from their own, obviously & we will be champions in 2 years

thing is, if managers / players are offered huge wages than what they are on now most will go.

then what will you lot who say, players get what they deserve re wages, it's abhorrent and you know it,

suck it up, careful what you wish for, lie with dogs you will get fleas

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Yeah I agree that it won’t work. Too many flaws in the plan.

So it sounds more like a move to create leverage with the negotiation for the new format of the ironically named Champions League.

What’s worrying about that is I already hated the Champions League proposals and these clubs clearly don’t think they went far enough.

How much would fans love a return to the old 2 legged straight knock out, no seeds format. And how far do the clubs making decision want to get away from that
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Definitely think this is a negotiating position.

The top teams are run as businesses, that happen to support a sports team. And all businesses want a reliable and steady stream of income. The likes of Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal are - to all extent and purposes - free of worry about relegation already, given the money they have.

But this pesky business of actually having to qualify for the CL - and the possibility that they may miss out on the money-pot some seasons - is what they want to change.

They're looking for more assurances that they'll get to compete in the CL every season and, I suspect, are using all the talk of the European Super League as leverage in those talks.
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Don't see how its worked as a negotiating position though.

Fifa, uefa and the FA have gone nuclear with their response and basically told them do this and its game over for you.

And yeah these are big clubs, but the whole game of football is bigger than these 12 teams.

Yeah these teams have power, thats not in doubt.

But the collective power of the whole of football is against them and they won't win this in the long run.
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Let's hope you're right!

I'm not sure this guy is in touch with reality:
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Florentino Perez, chairman of the Super League, scoffed at the idea of losing out playing in the World Cup, saying, “If the players participating in the European Super League are banned from playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, we will create our own World Cup tournament. It is not a big deal.”

https://www.complex.com/sports/uefa-statement-super-league-ban-breakaway-clubs-players