So basically a members only rogue CL without the "burden" of qualification. Sounds like an even worse idea than before.
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I’m dissapointed that ManUtd are one of the clubs.
I hope TheFA gives ultimatum. Either you play SuperLeague or Premier League.
I hope TheFA gives ultimatum. Either you play SuperLeague or Premier League.
Happy for @Cal?, He's wanted this for 12 years
Hopefully if this happens the national leagues issue a notice of excommunication. If you go to this nonsense then when you come back, you go to the Isthmian league equivalent of your country and work your way back up. This time with strict salary and squad caps.
Hopefully if this happens the national leagues issue a notice of excommunication. If you go to this nonsense then when you come back, you go to the Isthmian league equivalent of your country and work your way back up. This time with strict salary and squad caps.
If UEFA didn’t want this they would have mad FFP and other processes mean a damn and be worth something. Teams have built up spending power through on pitch and commercial successes over the course of decades are overtaken because an oligarch or tycoon has decided to take an interest in a club.
The ‘old money’ as they’re described will always look to protect their interests.
The ‘old money’ as they’re described will always look to protect their interests.
It'll be like American sports right? No relegation or promotion?
I read that also. 15 permanent members with 5 in and 5 out. Always leaves the door open for Bayern, PSG etc
No football for me anymore if this happens.
This ain't good for us. We'd be like the Cleveland Browns of the super League considering our already underwhelming European record 
I'd imagine PSG and Ajax will get a place too.
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Agreed. And as bizarre as it sounds I'd rather play the likes of Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton et al weekly than Real or Barca. Like you said, they're a test but domestic clubs / rivalries have so much history and passion.
Matt Lawton: Richard Masters calls on Big Six to walk away "before irreparable damage is done". Says joining TSL would be a breach of PL rules.
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Feel like this is going to get ugly.
UEFA and FIFA could also ban every player from all international games.
Finances are dire from Covid and that is pushing these moves.
Quite Probably a negotiation tactic to get more out of UEFA...
Ultimately the extra money has to come from selling more TV rights or making them more expensive. Personally think we're at the limit of what fans will pay.
Quite Probably a negotiation tactic to get more out of UEFA...
Ultimately the extra money has to come from selling more TV rights or making them more expensive. Personally think we're at the limit of what fans will pay.
PL isnt going to ban its top clubs, we all know this
American's in debt, Qatar princes and Saudi businessmen wouldnt give a flying feck about grassroots, sadly. Half of them dont give a shit about winning trophies. All about the bottom line sadly.
To which, they would just run their own version with all the best players.
Thanks. I imagine PSG and Bayern will also join, maybe Dortmund. Porto maybe? Or Ajax. By merit Ajax should definitely be there, but since this is a big money grab then maybe not.
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It won’t ban them but it won’t approve them to play in the new competition. So the clubs would themselves have to quit to take part.
For all that the big clubs might want a "closed shop", it's not going to happen. How much is the "fight for the top 4" worth to the Premier League.
Apparently PSG and Bayern are against it. As they should be. They don’t want a challenge
I’ll repeat. This isnt going to happen, the PL will bend over
Ok, Nostradamus.
Clubs won’t vote for it.
The only thing making me smile in all this is the irony of Liverpool and United fans claiming City and Chelsea etc have killed football for years when in the end its actually them and their American owners who have.
We’ll see. I doubt they are going to let the 6 biggest teams walk away
UEFA: "Clubs concerned will be banned from playing in any other competition at domestic, European or world level, and their players could be denied the opportunity to represent their national teams"
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This club is starting to leave a very bitter taste and feeling to support.
Good luck getting enough players from every country.
Now, that's some talking. Hopefully fully backed up by actions, if the split happens.
I suspect it's all brinkmanship. The big clubs just want a bigger slice of the CL pie.
Sad but true. Our owners are indeed playing a major role in all this.
what a terribly written statement. Did they get a temp to write it?
If Manchester United ever stopped playing in their domestic league, I wouldn’t watch football anymore. There would be no point to the PL with top clubs missing and nothing special about playing random clubs with no connection on a regular basis.
That would be that for me, despite those saying “you know you would watch”. I know that I really wouldn’t.
That would be that for me, despite those saying “you know you would watch”. I know that I really wouldn’t.
It’s gonna get nasty
Funny how the likes of FIFA are against this and its sporting nature....you know one if the most fecking corrupt organisations on the planet.
Poor old FIFA and UEFA losing money....feck em.
Funny how the likes of FIFA are against this and its sporting nature....you know one if the most fecking corrupt organisations on the planet.
Poor old FIFA and UEFA losing money....feck em.
This is awful. Genuinely awful. Don't think it will just pass like that. Uefa will do everything to stop it but just the idea is horrible and that league would quickly become boring.
Indeed. It’s a power play.
In that kind of brinskmanship the club hold the cards not the Premier League. Let's say the top 5 DO sign up to this and are then expelled from the Premier League. Then the Premier League with City on their own as top dog with resources that dwarves all the other clubs combined, it's nothing more than the Scottish League, one or two riders the rest are there just for show.
Plus the room for five in and five out leaves room for the likes of an Everton coming in for a few years. What are the FA going to do , ban all clubs ?