European Super League imminent?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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I don't know what the alternative is, but as things stand this appears to be a power struggle between a cluster of mega-rich, unscrupulous football club owners and a couple of notoriously corrupt governing bodies. I've no idea how it will play out. All I know for sure is the notion that football in this country would somehow be better off without the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool is just nonsense.

The clubs haven't shown all their cards yet, they'll have answers to all these arguments, no doubt. Keep a side in the PL, albeit a slightly weaker one, with the other PL clubs now having a much easier route to the Champions League with these 6 out of the way. More money for the likes of Leicester, WHU, Everton, etc, so they won't object too strongly.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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I don't know what the alternative is, but as things stand this appears to be a power struggle between a cluster of mega-rich, unscrupulous football club owners and a couple of notoriously corrupt governing bodies. I've no idea how it will play out. All I know for sure is the notion that football in this country would somehow be better off without the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool is just nonsense.

There's no good option here, unless you can forcibly sell the clubs and roll back the damage these parasites have done for the last 20/30 years.

There comes a time when enough is enough though. If they get this through, they're guaranteeing themselves 6 clubs 350m a season. What's the point in anyone else bothering? Time to take a stand. Whatever happens now, massive repercussions need to happen. Football will suffer. Kick them out, relegate them, I am past caring.

[goats]

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Still laughing about spurs being in there. I'm guessing glamour, club history and current footballing ability weren't the criteria to be picked

They must have just looked at the stadiums

[billy.ronson]

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they promised to sack Mouriniho if they could join ....

[The Lone Gunman]

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There's no good option here.....

Any scenario in which FIFA, UEFA and the Premier League are seen as the good guys definitely has no good option.

[the other bob wilson]

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The news about Mourinho this morning is even more interesting given the ESL announcement because it highlights a situation which I think even those fans of the six clubs who are okay with the proposals may need to bear in mind. Out of the six English clubs whose involvement has been confirmed so far, how many would you say are run better and more successful now than they were under their previous ownership?
I'd answer that by saying that Chelsea and Man City are clearly more successful than they were even if there seems little evidence that this success is due to anything else but the vast amounts of money they now have compared to before. Spurs, while not winning a great deal in terms of trophies are probably in a better place, but, for now they have, at best, plateaued out (I'd say they've gone backwards myself) and the Mourinho appointment and inevitable sacking not so long afterwards hardly shows the decision makers in that club in a good light.
As for the other three, Liverpool's ownership is an improvement on the last lot, but that's not to say the current people in charge have been over burdened with trophies given how long they've been there, while at both Man United and Arsenal there can be little doubt that those clubs have regressed.
My point is, if I were a fan of any of those clubs, I wouldn't have full confidence in the judgement of the people running my team - in fact, them saying the plan was good for the club and for football would set alarm bells ringing for me because these people have not exactly been running things brilliantly so far have they.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Any scenario in which FIFA, UEFA and the Premier League are seen as the good guys definitely has no good option.

Exactly! PL playing the victim when they've just been building up to this for years takes the biscuit!

[City123]

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Exactly! PL playing the victim when they've just been building up to this for years takes the biscuit!

They aren't the good guys, they're the "Less Bad Guys"

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Football has been going down the piss hole since the Premier League formed

The top level of the game is full of rats

I hope the ship sinks and the rats drown

[City123]

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Has it actually been referred to by the "founders" as the European Super League or just the Super League? I can see clubs like New York City and Al Sadd eventually joining if its the latter

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Rashford's going to come out, tell Woodward to get f**ked and sign for PSG, you mark my words

[City123]

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Rashford's going to come out, tell Woodward to get f**ked and sign for FC United of Manchester, you mark my words

FYP :thumbup:

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FYP :thumbup:

Even better!

[surge]

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Exactly! PL playing the victim when they've just been building up to this for years takes the biscuit!

Do you want to side with the guys chasing Qatar money where homosexuality is illegal and poor worker's rights have seen several thousand die to build the next world cup?

Or the energy drink corporation buying up multiple teams around the world and running traditions of pre-existing clubs into the ground?

Or the league where their primary complaint is that someone else did this instead of them?

Hard capitalism is ruining football (not just football - this is representation of what happens in multiple industries) no matter where you look. All a bit depressing really.

[splott parker]

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Convenient that all this is happening when there aren’t any fans in the stadiums. Would have been interesting to say the least had the grounds been full this weekend, particularly how the fans of the 6 would have reacted.