That’s the one. I suppose I proved my point. Big Picture, that was the one. Don’t remember what that was about, apart from it was a power grab, and it got knocked back.
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Sky are blatantly lying about expecting an announcement so we'll all keep watching their ads, broken every 20 minutes by an update on how Stewart Cink and Lee Bowyer are getting on.
It'll cost you 40m to hear their opnion.
A Super League with no Bayern but Spurs is hilarious.
My understanding is that PSG is not interested because their owner has already invested a lot of money into CL media rights via his BeIN Media Group company.
Amazing
People keep talking about a draft, where the feck are you going to draft players from?
In the US College sports are enormous, some games can be viewed by as many as 20 million people for a tournament final, and it takes care of development for the large sport franchises. As you point out, that simply won't work in European football where that model of development does not exist.
I feel they are just trying to topple UEFA here.
A branded sauce tells me that the other clubs wanted at least one team they would be guaranteed to beat.
Announcement delayed potentially because they were arrogant enough to not expect this backlash?
I always liked Chewie.... Tottenham should be the Jar Jar Binks
Yeah it's pretty much my opinion as well. UEFA should go back to the drawing board because their swiss championship idea is terrible.
I wouldnt now be surprised if secret meetings between the various parties have been going on for months and an agreement simply couldn't be made during them and it reached a stalemate.
The 'rebel clubs' have decidely to press and simply made the first move, publicly. Cant see this ending well at all. There's going to be alot of backtracking and legal ramifications.
That's not because Spurs is inherently ridiculous as part of that company though. They were just rated the 10th most valuable club in the world by Forbes.
Yeah, at this point I think people are just going full-on anti-Yankee, which is understandable, but they're taking it a bit far.
As I said, the government are already on it. It's a double-win for them. Murdoch (and Sky) have their ear and it's a great PR win.
https://news.sky.com/story/european...ging-for-football-says-boris-johnson-12279818
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56794673
https://news.sky.com/story/european...ging-for-football-says-boris-johnson-12279818
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56794673
Well they've never ventured into this territory before have they? How could they know?
Still don't understand why Gary Neville and co. jumped to conclusion based on scant details.
None of their reasoning about it being a disgrace makes sense. They're acting as Sky's representatives saying stuff without knowing what's really happening. I still have to understand how this would impact the fans of the clubs.
Just outrage for no reason.
None of their reasoning about it being a disgrace makes sense. They're acting as Sky's representatives saying stuff without knowing what's really happening. I still have to understand how this would impact the fans of the clubs.
Just outrage for no reason.
He's also on UEFA's Executive Committee.
It's just one bunch of crooks looking out for their own interests vs another bunch of crooks doing the same thing.
Boris Johnson and Oliver Dowden drawing up potential government enforced consequences for clubs if they go ahead
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They probably leaked this themselves to see the reaction. And now they'll go "no comment" or "it's just rumors".
No "Super league" will happen, calm down everyone.
And also, feck the Glazers, cnuts the lot of them.
No "Super league" will happen, calm down everyone.
And also, feck the Glazers, cnuts the lot of them.
If it happens France, Belgium, Netherland and Germany should create its own super league, the Farmers League.
I would've agreed with the people saying this is just the top clubs trying to force Uefa to change the CL format.... BUT, they seem to have bank backing sorted which suggests a bit more.
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Are Sky still claiming that there's going to be an announcement tonight?
Based that on this line from the Guardian: PSG’s reluctance to turn their back on Ligue 1 despite major issues with its new TV rights deal could be down to proposed stringent financial regulations in the new competition that would be similar to Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations.
Which sounds a lot like parity mechanisms to me. But who knows. Some more:
Bayern and Dortmund rule out Super League, PSG not committing to it (besoccer.com)
Do they matter?
A true club WORLD Cup following the FIFA format with qualifiers I'd actually be very interested in seeing, but I'd be amazed if there was ever time for it.
Neville works for Sky. The PL is Sky's golden goose. They've given up on the CL, EL and La Liga and now the English clubs are putting a spanner in the works.
Why would a company that's about to lose the only thing that makes them profitable do such a thing?
Yes.
The thread title "European Super League | announcement has been delayed due to nobody being sure how Tottenham were invited." Genius.
It wil work as lets be honest, most / enough fans are fickle as fook.. See FSGOut is now trending, considering how they were treated as Messiahs only 6 months ago. Glazers have got away with what they've done to our club whilst taking in massive piles of dosh, all the fan furore hasn't dented their piles of dosh
Can;t lie I would watch about the first half of the league jsut out of curiosity then transition fully to basketball. I have little interest in following a 12 team closed competition every year.
When it is all forgotten by next weekend, there will be a few people looking back on their reactions. Just be glad it is not a normal season or a few people may have been begging Old Trafford for their hastily thrown season tickets back, judging by this thread.
Yes. Can't see how, its much too late now for an annoucement
Because they got told they were all about to be made redundant.
Once all the details come out, you'll start to see pundits not on Sky talking positively about it. A brand new platform with a brand new competition will need some very well paid pundits won't it?
Yeah for all we know they were planning on Friendlies every year between each other(Not Likely). But everyone is jumping to conclusions including Muppet Johnson. We haven't even established what the deal is to have this many opinions on it.
Mike Keegan: Told City and Chelsea were backed into a corner. Would be amazed if it was a coincidence JP Morgan are closely linked to financing element (Woodward's former employer)
They'll be onboard next week once they see the power shift and realise there's a pound note to be made as a pundit elsewhere