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An unnamed board member of one of the ‘Big Six’ clubs looking to compete in the European Super League admits that ‘the wider good of the game is a secondary concern’ to them. A dozen of the biggest clubs in Europe announced multi-billion dollar plans for a breakaway league on Sunday as football was thrown […]
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The European Super League has already taken steps to protect itself from any attempts from UEFA and FIFA to punish its member clubs and players. Six Premier League sides – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham – are part of an initial group of 12 clubs seeking to establish a new 20-team […]
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Aleksander Ceferin has heavily criticised Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli over pretending to fully support Champions League reforms. Six Premier League sides – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham – are part of an initial group of 12 clubs seeking to establish a new 20-team continental […]
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What Euro 2020 squads could look like without European Super League players – originally posted on Sportslens.com April 18, 2021. Potentially the darkest day in the history of football. Fans all around the world browsed Twitter in shock of the news that a European Super League had been agreed. 12 of the self-appointed ‘biggest’ clubs […]
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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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Gary Neville has offered two reasons as to why he and everyone else should “hate” the European Super League proposals. Neville called for the six Premier League teams involved – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham – to be deducted points when the plans to form a breakaway league emerged on Sunday. […]
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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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Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Tottenham. So what comes next for Spurs? Here’s how it panned out for Mourinho’s former clubs after he made his exit… Porto Appointed: January 23, 2002 Left: June 1, 2004 Days in charge: 889 P68 W45 D14 L9 PPG: 2.19 When and how Mourinho left: The manager departed […]
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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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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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