Manchester United will not seek European Super League revival – Ed Woodward – originally posted on Sportslens.com
Manchester United’s Ed Woodward has claimed the club will not seek a European Super League revival after the competition was shelved.
The Red Devils were one of six Premier League clubs that signalled their intent to form a European Super League earlier this month.
However, the competition was met with widespread criticism and was cancelled just days after the initial announcement.
Following that, Manchester United have looked to build bridges with their fans by calling an emergency fans’ forum on Friday morning to discuss the shortcomings of their ESL involvement.
Ed Woodward was present at the forum, and apologised for Manchester United’s misjudgement and ensured the club would not seek a revival of the competition.
“You will all have read Joel’s open letter to fans last week apologising for the Super League decision and I would like to add my personal apology to this forum,” Woodward explained, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News.
“I can assure you that we have learned our lesson from the events of the past week and we do not seek any revival of the Super League plans”.
SL View – Is that the end of the European Super League for good?
While there will be several other clubs still interested in a European Super League revival, Manchester United’s unwillingness to get involved again could shelve plans for good.
The income and fan interest that Manchester United would bring with them would be huge, and any Super League revival would suffer from their exclusion.
Though, despite Ed Woodward’s claim, there could well be a different competition that is formed in the future.
With so much pressure on UEFA following their Champions League reforms, the cancellation of the European Super League may only be a temporary move.
This may not be the last we hear of a new European competition.
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