Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that the proposed European Super League would be a “move away” from 70 years of history.
It was revealed on Sunday that the Premier League’s ‘big six’ had approved plans of a European Super League.
Among other benefits, it would see the 15 founder clubs being given between £310m and £89m each to spend on their stadiums, training grounds, etc.
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Ferguson has told Reuters, as cited by ESPN, that his memories from the Champions League are some of his fondest:
“Talk of a Super League is a move away from 70 years of European club football. Both as a player for a provincial team Dunfermline in the 60s and as a manager at Aberdeen winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup, for a small provincial club in Scotland it was like climbing Mount Everest.
“Everton are spending £500 million to build a new stadium with the ambition to play in Champions League. Fans all over love the competition as it is.
“In my time at United, we played in four Champions League finals and they were always the most special of nights.
He added: “I’m not sure Manchester United are involved in this, as I am not part of the decision making process.”
After his rant during Man United vs Burnley, Gary Neville continued after the game:
“They are imposters. The owners of this club (United), the owners of Liverpool, the owners of Chelsea, the owners of Manchester City, they are nothing to do with football in this country.
“Manchester United aren’t even in the Champions League. Arsenal aren’t even in the Champions League. I watched them earlier today and they are an absolute shambles of a football club.
“Tottenham aren’t in the Champions League and they want a God-given right to be in there? They are an absolute joke.
“The time has come now for an independent regulator to stop these clubs having the power base. Enough is enough.
“The motivation is greed. Deduct them all points tomorrow, put them at the bottom of the league and take the money off them. Seriously, you have got to stamp on this.
“It is criminal. It is a criminal act against football fans in this country. Deduct points, deduct money and punish them.
“If they announce a letter of intent has been signed, those six clubs, they should be punished heavily. Massive fines, points deductions, take the titles off them. Who cares?
“Give the title to Burnley, let Fulham stay up. Relegate Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal. Those three clubs, with their history in this country, are the ones that should suffer the most.”
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