How European Super League might look based on merit…

If a European Super League was based on Champions League pedigree, rather than pure, shameless greed, which teams would make the cut? And how far off would Arsenal be? We’ve looked back over the last decade and awarded clubs points for their European achievements, with some token reward for domestic success, not that any of […]

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ESL clubs focused on ‘fans of the future’ over ‘legacy fans’

European Super League clubs are concentrating on building a sport for ‘fans of the future’ as they leave behind ‘legacy fans’, according to a report. The bombshell plan, announced on Sunday, saw United join Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham and six other European clubs in creating a rival competition to the Champions League. It […]

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The European Super League drama and what it means for football

The European Super League drama and what it means for football – originally posted on Sportslens.com Unless you’ve been living under a rock (in which case, credit must go to your rock for not collapsing under all of this stress), you will have heard of the absolute bombazo that was dropped last night. The European Super […]

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Let’s not pretend we did not see ESL bullies coming…

When it came, it came just shy of midnight, a cherry bomb tossed nonchalantly into the sport and the door swiftly closed to the sound of skulking footsteps. The European Super League, the closed shop competition in the time of coronavirus and boarded-up businesses, the greed league that we all saw coming but didn’t do […]

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The Mailbox tells the Super League to go f*** itself…

Keep your reactions to the European Super League coming in to theeditor@football365.com then come back for more this afternoon. As you might have predicted, our Johnny has a lot to say…   ESL, GTF …So in news that will surprise nobody, the constant rumours around the creation of the European Super League are about to […]

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‘Angry’ UEFA officials want ESL clubs axed from Europe; warn Liverpool

There is understood to be a ‘genuine want’ from inside UEFA to kick the 12 founding members of a controversial European Super League out of all UEFA club competitions immediately, according to reports. The bombshell plan, announced on Sunday, saw Manchester United join Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham and six other European clubs in creating […]

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Big Six can f*** off to European Super Jerk Off League now

On Monday, UEFA was set to approve the new, awful Champions League format: one big league of 36 teams playing 100 extra games, invented to head off a European Super League. Ah but hold on, too late, that’s already happening. In a move which suggests massive duplicity, six English clubs have agreed to form a […]

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Big Six confirmed among European Super League founding clubs

The Premier League’s ‘big six’ have been confirmed among 12 “Founding Clubs” for a new European Super League. Those clubs announced in a statement: “Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs. “AC Milan, […]

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United eventually see off resilient Burnley but, frankly, who cares?

There was a moment towards the end of another soporific Manchester United first-half performance that really captured the mood of the afternoon. It wasn’t anything that happened on the pitch – very little did, really, for 45 minutes and 46 seconds after a narrowly offside Chris Wood appeared to have given Burnley a shock early […]

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Neville: ‘Big six’ should be docked points for Super League involvement

Gary Neville has called for the Premier League’s ‘big six’ to be deducted points due to them signing up for the controversial European Super League. On Sunday news emerged that the Premier League’s top teams had agreed to proposals for the European Super League. As part of this new league, the 15 founder teams would […]

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