European Super League

[dinostar77]

This is going to end up in court proceedings by UEFA/FIFA etc against the clubs.

Really hope the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Pogna etc take a stand and dont back it.

 

[UnitedSofa]

Bayern may end up joining after all

So what happens to clubs like Bayern, PSG, and Dortmund that didn't agree to it?

 

[Dancfc]

The overreactions are hilarious, no one has any clue how this will ultimately impact the PL and yet it’s the end of football .

The funniest thing of all it's likely Neville's rant that has played a huge part in whipping up this frenzy, a rant he made while on a shift with the wonderfully pure Sky Sports.

 

[klayton88]

Somebody ban this fecker...please.

He's entitled to an opinion. Just because you don't agree doesn't make it wrong. Calm your tits.

 

[Moiraine]

Sky and BT under the Premier Leagues orders charging fans £15 a game during a pandemic and they have the balls to come out and criticise this.

Everybody is in it for the cash, they’re all in on the heist they just don’t like their cut.

This. Anyone of these (skysports, BT) trying to take moral high ground Should feck off.

 

[Foxbatt]

Or PSG

Feck oil money

PSG is Oil Money.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

So PSG to win the CL 15 years in a row?

Will there still be a CL?

 

[tyunited]

Joel Glazer co chairman deary me. This stinks on a NFL style league

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

It all feels distinctly WWE during the Invasion years. Where's Stone Cold turning up at the stadium to give everybody a Stunner?

 

[JB7]

I just don't understand how anyone can think this is a good thing. I feel sick at the thought of this.

I think he's about 7 years old. Anything else doesn't make sense unless he's Joel Glazers personal arse cleaner.

 

[Plassryss]

Look at it this way: Personally for me? Dont like it, will it happen - YES: why? Because Bayern PSG and those not participating will loose a lot of income. Commercial income, sponsors, tv and so on. Super league got the upper hand. All clubs and leagues now need to re-regoniate their deals and salaries. Uefa is out of cards. Sad, sad, day for all so far economic. Need to see model before taking a stand there but Uefa and Fifa made this possible with their scams. Anyone thinking a panel from FIFA and UEFA winning in courts are blind.

 

[crossy1686]

My initial reaction is one of horror.

But if it is just going to be a mid-week match competition and not going to replace the actual leagues! Then with some co-operation it could possibly be able to work.

Dropping the carabao cup for starters would make some room in the calendar. Trimming the CL group stages down wouldn’t be a disaster either.

The teams involved are trying to grab as much money as they can for sure. Plus some of the details like no relegations make it a joke...

Calling it a Super League is misleading too, i would have just marketed it as a alternative to the CL, or even a competition for the years when an international cup isn’t happening.

Lots of possibilities, but they seem to have gone about it in all the wrong manner.

This has literally been the case since this morning when it was announced. It's the FA that want to kick us out of domestic football, not United wanting to leave...

 

[Salus Populi Suprema Lex]

Over reaction, no?

No, he's right. I'm deeply ashamed of United tonight. The club that took English football into European competition now walks out, in order to establish a new closed shop for the mega rich.

We lost our best ever team whilst trying to win the European Cup. Is nothing sacred? Those players and Sir Matt will be turning in their graves.

 

[bdecuc]

It's rich to see Murdoch's Sky Sports clutching their pearls. They created this monster.

Yes indeed.

 

[DOTA]

So are we gonna have Euro 2020 or nah? It'd be a bit silly to go ahead if players from all these teams are banned.

 

[mazhar13]

Or they want FIFA and UEFA to take some of the blame for being unwilling to move, when they then say they are doing it anyway and leaving their domestic competitions.

Yeah, that's quite likely, too.

Man...today's been absolutely insane. So much has happened now, and I wonder how the players and coaches will feel about all of this.

 

[Andersonson]

Yes and no, this is not the way. fecking over Burnley and co. even more doesn't solve footballs problem, a salary cap, a transfer cap, a wage cap thats what football needed.

I see that, i hope the league stays the same and that CL is abolished with UEFA into oblivion

 

[Tincanalley]

This can't be allowed to proceed. There will now be a massive showdown between UEFA and 12/15 breakaway clubs. No way should we allow the Glazers to get us excluded from the Premier League and Champions League.

Hear hear

 

[Berbaclass]

PSG is Oil Money.

That was my point...

 

[Mickeza]

What would be the point of finishing anywhere between 2nd and 17th in the league starting from next season?

The CL hasn’t gone has it? These clubs just won’t be in it.

 

[Heinzesight]

What a mess. Football eh. feck me.

 

[Gary_Walsh_Nou_Camp_Hell]

Will city and chelsea be booted out of this seasons CL?

 

[Lewnited]

This can absolutely get fecked. Last hope is for the players to make a stand here.

 

[Neo_Mufc]

Bye

Genuinely can't fathom how you can be supportive of this.

 

[balaks]

You feel sick because you're going to get fecking pummeled in it every week

I don't care how we do, I've no interest in this super League at all. Honestly I think I'm done supporting the club after this.

 

[90 + 5min]

If true, this will make some think twice. Would be some reaction.

 

[horsechoker]

It all feels distinctly WWE during the Invasion years. Where's Stone Cold turning up at the stadium to give everybody a Stunner?

So it'll end with a damp squib at the Invasion PPV tournament?

 

[0le]

No, I really do. People are terrified of change for some reason. The game has been crying out for a shakeup, this is going to be fantastic to watch

It means the end of the FA Cup, the CL and will be governed by the teams that actually play in it. How can you possibly think that is all a good idea?

 

[Shane88]

I hope it falls through and the big six are all docked 50 points each from the beginning of next season and we all have to scrap for survival.

 

[No comment]

Arsenal have a massive pull world wide, of course they're in it. Clubs have worked hard to become big clubs, why should Stoke get the same amount of prize money as United?

You have just picked out a founding member club of English football, if it wasn't for Stoke there may well of been no Manchester United

 

[AltiUn]

If I'm being honest I think the intention was to always bin off the domestic leagues anyway, I think the clubs already knew that and were more than happy to accept the potential consequences. I need to sleep on this but where the feck do we as supporters go from here? Is this even still our club anymore? We may as well stick the 60 odd trophies we've won in the bin. Our history and traditions clearly mean feck all.

 

[Berbaclass]

The CL hasn’t gone has it? These clubs just won’t be in it.

Not really, it's just become the Johnstons Paint Trophy

 

[mu4c_20le]

It would be funny if we used this ESL money to immediately raid Dortmund

 

[Annihilate Now!]

What is the lure of this competition. It sounds shit.

 

[padr81]

My initial reaction is one of horror.

But if it is just going to be a mid-week match competition and not going to replace the actual leagues! Then with some co-operation it could possibly be able to work.

Dropping the carabao cup for starters would make some room in the calendar. Trimming the CL group stages down wouldn’t be a disaster either.

The teams involved are trying to grab as much money as they can for sure. Plus some of the details like no relegations make it a joke...

Calling it a Super League is misleading too, i would have just marketed it as a alternative to the CL, or even a competition for the years when an international cup isn’t happening.

Lots of possibilities, but they seem to have gone about it in all the wrong manner.

Its 20+ extra games, theres no trimming the CL, its dead. So is the fa and league cup. Imagine United winning this new comp, 25 ESL games and 38 PL games.. 63 matches. Theres no other competitions.

 

[Nani Nana]

This is basically a Champions League with a round Robin rather than knock-out rounds.

Oh yes, and the same participants every year

 

[Lay]

I don’t overly mind it. I’m so bored with football lately that the announcement is exciting. I assume when I digest all the details I’ll think differently. But feck me, domestic football bores the feck out of me sometimes

 

[mu4c_20le]

This can absolutely get fecked. Last hope is for the players to make a stand here.

 

[SwedishFish]

They've gone in about it on MotD there. I swear the program even ran over time? What's the angle there?

I think Danny Murphy was putting too much weight on players wanting to play for their country. If the club is making more money they'll be in a position to ask for more, so that will surely rule. He didn't seem to think so but I reckon that would definitely be the case with a lot.

Danny Murphy and Dion Dublin sounded like a right pair of old men discussing this.

The posturing over National Team players is silly, of course, they'll want the best players to play in those competitions. It's all just big threats on both sides.

 

[Tincanalley]

Could this be how United get shot of the Glazers? Start all over again