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Graeme Souness has criticised owners who “sold their souls” to forge a European Super League and claims John W Henry will never be forgiven for his attempt to Americanise a “proper country”. The plan which would have seen six English clubs as part of 12 ‘founding members’ in a ‘closed shop’ competition lasted just 48 […]
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John Barnes has warned that the European Super League exit is not a victory for the fans, but a victory for the ‘status quo of football exploitation’. The Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ have now left the ESL after widespread condemnation from fans. It’s thought that the proposed European competition will now collapse without half of […]
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What a 48 hours that was. European Super League, we hardly knew ye. As the dominoes started to fall yesterday it soon became clear the whole thing was going to crash down around its instigators faster than any of us had even dared to hope. One by one, the Big Six cartel fell, sombrely announcing […]
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What did each club say as all six Premier League teams withdraw from ESL – originally posted on Sportslens.com All six Premier League clubs have now withdrawn from the European Super League. Manchester City and Chelsea claimed yesterday that were preparing documentation to withdraw. The other four Premier League sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham […]
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24-yr-old linked with a Liverpool move in January is hoping to join the Reds in summer – originally posted on Sportslens.com Liverpool were linked with a move for the Croatian defender Duje Caleta-Car during the January transfer window. According to reports, the Reds were very close to signing the 24-year-old centre back and the player […]
The dysfunction of the status quo is real and it hasn’t gone away. UEFA are not the heroes here. Power to the people! Now would be a nice time to say “Oh, sorry, you want to play in the Premier League again now, do you? Sorry, no, you’re too late, your places have been taken […]
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Gary Neville wants Manchester United and the other five English clubs involved in the breakaway Super League to be hit with £100million fines for withdrawing. United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal signed up to the breakaway competition on Sunday night, which led to widespread criticism across the football community. Chelsea fans were among […]
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Send your European Super League thoughts to theeditor@football365.com Time to rebuild football I loved Alex Keble’s piece today. He’s right, now we need to continue this unity and build on it. For the longest time I must admit I thought people like Johnny Nic, were overly hysterical. No more. Let’s push for 51:49, sign […]
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John W Henry has apologised to Liverpool fans, Jurgen Klopp and the players after admitting he “let you down” with the “disruption caused” by his bid to have the club competing in the European Super League. The Reds owner claimed the move was “never going to stand without the support of the fans” before insisting […]
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Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham have joined Man City and Chelsea in announcing that they have withdrawn from the ESL. After receiving backlash from all corners of the footballing world, the top clubs in England have announced that they have withdrawn from the proposed European Super League. Chelsea and Man City were the first […]
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