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Breakaway European Super League founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli admits defeat but “remains convinced of the beauty of that project”. Plans were announced on Sunday for a midweek European Super League featuring 12 names founding members and had crumbled by Tuesday night following the withdrawal of the six English clubs. Asked whether the plan […]
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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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Predicted Aston Villa XI vs Man City: Smith to make one change, 25-yr-old to start – originally posted on Sportslens.com Aston Villa host Manchester City in the Premier League later tonight and they will be hoping to bounce back from their defeat against Liverpool last time out. Dean Smith’s side have failed to win five […]
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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six Premier League teams withdraw from ESL – originally posted on Sportslens.com All six Premier League clubs have now withdrawn from the European Super League.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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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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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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The Super League appears to be collapsing. And we were moved to produce a third Mailbox of the day. Send your thoughts to theeditor@football365.com Boom Florentino Perez: “The Super League was created to save football.” Well, they may have just succeeded, just not in the manner he thought. TX Bill, EFC Whoop There […]
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The Super League is not dead; not yet. Its collapse on Tuesday was a powerful victory for fans and their communities but it must be the start of something bigger. If not, it will simply return in another guise. We must act on this righteous anger; must capitalise on our renewed sense of power; must […]
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