They threatened to expell 6 PL clubs only if they join the ESL, which is fair enough, but they absolutely will not reduce the number of PL teams to accomidate a new league that goes against everything they stand for. That would be crazy.
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But according to Perez - if real madrid crashes - football dies, wouldn't you know... So we can't let that happen.
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Indeed, and that's my point. I agree with the rest of that.
With this and all the money they had to be gifted from Franco I am starting to think they actually have 9 lives.
Mate it happens everywhere, it’s all nepotism. One of the high level executives at my workplace was CEO of his previous company, his mismanagement was so poor he tanked the business and a lot of people lost their jobs. Wasn’t even six months before he walked in to our place on a six figure salary. This is just how the world works. Some people play by different rules.
I 100% believe this is the plan, yes. The owners have come to the conclusion from this pandemic year, that they don't need the local fans anymore. They're only interested in the fans of the future, making it Fifa like.
They can make a lot more, selling the streaming rights themselves to other markets around the world, that won't care about our national game being dismantled, only tuning in to see their favourite stars vs. each other every week.
This is a danish newspaper, who quotes Reuters:
The Madrid court does not believe that there is any legal basis for Fifa and Uefa to slow down the Super League or sanction.
Likewise, the court rules that the federations cannot sanction either clubs or players at present with the current knowledge of the Super League.
The Madrid court does not believe that there is any legal basis for Fifa and Uefa to slow down the Super League or sanction.
Likewise, the court rules that the federations cannot sanction either clubs or players at present with the current knowledge of the Super League.
Amazing really isn't it.
As much of a denial as PSG.
Is that the chap that was at Arsenal?
Of course Chelsea and City are followers and didn’t initiate the whole thing. Why would they after all? Their owners have enough money so their clubs are the least effected even by a global pandemic. They are obviously very reluctantly going to give up that huge advantage.
Anyway I believe this will go on for a few more days, then ESL clubs and UEFA will find some agreements and then hopefully the whole ESL idea will be dead.
We will then get statements from UEFA and the ESL clubs claiming how they all care about fans and the whole football community and that they all basically wanted the same stuff and there were just some misunderstandings, blah blah ...
So basically, we will wait and watch and follow where the money is.
There were rumours clubs signed before, they just denied it
Sounds like the meeting from the life of Brian.
If you replace the word football last night from his interview, with the word Real Madrid, things makes a lot more sense.
"REAL MADRID has to evolve, like companies and people."
“Networks have changed the way they behave and REAL MADRID has to change and adapt to the times we live in."
“Fans are losing interest in REAL MADRID. There are many poor quality matches and the younger people are not interested."
“REAL MADRID's audiences are decreasing and rights are decreasing and something had to be done."
“It is not a league for the rich, it is a league to save REAL MADRID, save the most modest teams, because, without it, REAL MADRID will disappear."
“What does the whole world demand? We have fans all over the world who want competitive REAL MADRID to watch."
“So we are going to talk to Uefa and Fifa, I don't know why they have to get angry because when I say we will save REAL MADRID, I mean save everyone, to save the game for the next 20 years so it can live in peace."
See, his thinking works suddenly.
Is there any group besides the 12 teams owners that is actually in favor of this? Doesn't seem like it.
Laughable. The "Owners" (as they are, I suspect deliberately referred to) are clueless. This isn't the NFL where the players have no option but to be part of the league, the players will have other options if they wish.
Clearly the ESL is going to generate increased revenue - there's talk of £300 million a season. That's not going to result in every player being recompensed enough over and above what they earn now to give up International games. Some, obviously will, but ta lot of players will have their pick of other wealthy clubs.
If it means they don't lose their revenue stream they might, the PL package will be worth considerably less without those six clubs. It seems to have gone too far for any of the SL clubs to back out now.
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The Bundesliga will be the biggest league if this super league becomes anything. No team from this league has chosen to participate in the betrayal, and the league thus retains the strongest teams. Players can continue to play at the top level and on the national team at the same time.
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You don't think they haven't factored it in? They could probably give tickets away for free for the atmosphere, and still make more doing it this way. It's horrifying but it's possible. The only thing they haven't factored in is players and managers being unwilling to take part. It's stopped dead then.
It's downright psychotic, honestly
Wow the Madrid court made this ruling?
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List of clubs who have made Champions League QFs more recently than Arsenal: Shakhtar, Schalke, Marseille, APOEL, Benfica, Malaga, Galatasaray, Porto, Monaco, Wolfsburg, Leicester, Sevilla, Roma, Ajax, Leipzig, Atalanta, Lyon
Hope you're right mate. Part of me definitely hopes either Chelsea or City come to their senses and step away as I think that'd have a domino effect, but I'll certainly not hold my breath.
Oh yeah. 100%. We’ll see big clubs sending out their kids to play in “Super Sunday” matches because they have an SL game the following mid-week. I don’t see this as anything other than a disaster for the PL.
Of course City would be keen to back out. They don’t need the money. If you are on top, can spend more than anyone else, and already have billions behind you, why would you want this?
Thye have obviously joined up not wanting to be left out of the top table, but would love an escape.
Hopefully that can be used to stop it from happening.
Thye have obviously joined up not wanting to be left out of the top table, but would love an escape.
Hopefully that can be used to stop it from happening.
It's amazing isn't it? Literally nobody wants this apart from a few entitled people, yet they still don't care and want to go through with it.
The Glazers involvement in this is tragically hilarious. Many of the other owners actually put money into their clubs and while it comes from a place of greed have a better standing to say they want higher returns on what they expended. Glazers haven't spent jack, threw us in debt and are now mortgaging the goodwill built from a 100 years of history to say they deserve even more. At least these leeches are now everyone's problem, not just us
Spain institutions seem to be as crooked as Perez. Hardly surprising they have set up their little company in Spain.