The article about Chelsea and Man City possibly backing out.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-city-have-super-league-doubts-says-executive
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-city-have-super-league-doubts-says-executive
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Ok, I'm in. Also we could maybe form our own league down the line, a kind of "super?" league, with blackjack and hookers.
Please Jesus please. Forget the Super League this would just be a dream come true.
There’s zero chance govt will suddenly allow the effective compulsory part nationalisation of businesses because of ill feelings of a proposed football league.
People who take this seriously are Tooth Fairy believers surely?
People who take this seriously are Tooth Fairy believers surely?
What about teams like Leipzig and Hertha, didn’t they find workarounds despite this being in place in Germany. Genuine question, don’t know much about it.
This would be different. Then, even Utd fans were pretty divided and only a few got behind it really.
Then there was the green and gold campaign which had a wider backing, but was still pretty tame and palatable.
This would be on a whole new level. You've even got pundits demanding action against the owners. As soon as fans are back in, this gets so ugly.
Honestly, if the government wanted to stop this, just allow all fans back to Utd's next home game as normal and watch all the clubs drop out of this idea.
I mean, people who taste tested new coke supposedly thought it was better..
We'll use debt . . It's been done before.
swap the blackjack for cocaine and you have yourself a business partner
It would be beyond epic. English football would become a world football behemoth for sure.
Don’t think they’d bat an eyelid. They will be fully expecting it.
That is not how large corporations operate.
They cannot see anything wrong with acting in their own interests.
That would be amazing! No chance though.
The Premier League is a major export for this country, and contributes absolutely millions to the UK's economy via various means and sectors. If the government feels this is being chipped away at and damaged significantly, you can be sure that they'll do all they can to prevent it.
Has the admin gone rogue? That's a weird one
There are exceptions if you fund a team for at least 20 years - this is why Bayer control Leverkusen, Volkswagon control Wolfsburg, etc. What Leipzig did was far shadier - essentially they reserve the right to reject any application to become a member and have I think fewer than 20 actual members, all of whom are Red Bull employees. This is a big part of why they are detested by Bundesliga supporters.
I hate to look to you guys as the bastions of morality but I really hope this is true.
JPMorgan's lawyers will get a hard on just reading that news.
City owners won’t benefit financially since they don’t need the money, but cynically thinking, they will look at it as a better PR exercise for themselves if all the eyeballs in the world focus on the Super League rather than the Premier League. They wouldn’t want to be left behind on a potentially inferior Premier League product to do their thing. They’ll want to be front and centre of this massive new thing with even more eyeballs watching than before. It’s all about vanity for these people. They want to be in the dick measuring contest with the clubs who have historically and financially got the biggest dicks.
I agree with every word.
thankfully for yourself and the rest of us, there's quite a few wealthy united fans.
Not really, you could read that as him wanting to spread the gospel of the super league far and beyond. It's pretty vague actually.
If the clubs are making more from the ESL then they will be paying more tax on revenue and player wages too. Possibly significantly more.
Its amazing how so many club owners were sold on this when there appears to have been so little thought put into the business model, branding, comms etc
The detail we have seen so far seems like it has been put together as part of an a-level business studies project
Ah thanks sounds completely mental.
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The Zlatan quotes are likely not even real but people are already praising him for it...fake information spreading is one of the most frustrating things to see
Possibly, it would depend on their assessment of the risks involved in letting more than a few people know what is going on.
Tremendous film.
If it is one thing the Americans are good at it is fecking the middle eastern countries.Wouldn't be ironic if the Glazers were responsible for ruining ownership for themselves, all americans or middle-east countries ?
So you think as country begs for post Brexit investment the govt will want to be seen buying private businesses against wishes of registered owners?
I’m sorry that cloud cuckoo land stuff. We might as well want them to draft in the Thundercats to save the day it is that absurd.
of all likely outcomes ‘Tory govt to nationalise Manchester United’ really needs to be parked as a suggestion
They need to divide and conquer these motherfeckers, like the Glazers have been doing with United fans for years.
Then we can move onto FIFA and Uefa while they are still reeling from the surprise back stab.
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Demonstrates the power of public opinion though. If it's the right thing, it's the right thing and we should credit them for doing it.
I don't understand that Man City tweet at all. I get that Pep can have his own opinions, but how can their social media tweet out against a company decision? Is their twitter manager about to get sacked or are they trying to make it seem like they aren't supporting the Super League?
Once they start backing out though, they get past the 75% rule for voting and if we still push ahead then could be in big trouble.
Why do you believe Perez? His comments literally come across that this thing is a bail out for Real and Barca problems.
No guarantee of that, nor is there a guarantee that football will be confined to these shores or broadcast on a British TV provider. This league globalizes the game that would absolutely divert cash-flows and revenue opportunities away from the UK, let alone the financial implications/loss of jobs to those working with/associated to smaller/lower league clubs.