If we were basing this on population, sure. But this is about football.London is the biggest city in Europe, so makes sense. same reason why LA and NY have multiple teams in a lot of their sports too.
What I'm trying to say is, UEFA nor FIFA doesn't have the high ground here, they themselves are corrupted. If they want to ban the players, clubs, they will also suffer as much.This sort of attitude fecking stinks. If you're obsessed with glossy names and soulless headlines go and follow American sports.
Literally 3 of the 6 weren't anything more than an average Everton 20 years ago. 1 of those that was more is essentiall only Evertons level now (plus big fanbase). United and Liverpool sure, but the rest?I think this is beyond naive. The reality is those 6 clubs hold all the cards and have for a long time which has only continued to grow. UEFA and the FA have done nothing to stop it while they were getting a slice. Do you seriously believe Everton or Leicester will be able to grow to the size they can fill that gap? The Premier League is a great product because of the top teams in it.
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Too right, mate!"So did you watch Champions league last night? West Ham vs Sevilla, good game! Antonio is the best player in the world!"
"Nope, last night I watched United vs Real Madrid, Mbappe scored a hattrick for us. You should try watch it."
Who owns the rules?But what could they do?
These clubs aren't refusing to play the domestic leagues, they're essentially only saying they'll play a different continental league than the one UEFA is organizing
LotsLots of players will have clauses in their contracts about being able to leave if the club doesn't play in CL/EL etc.
We are the villain. Well correction, the owners are. It's not propaganda, Man Utd are one of the main players in making this happen.What I'm trying to say is, UEFA nor FIFA doesn't have the high ground here, they themselves are corrupted. If they want to ban the players, clubs, they will also suffer as much.
Right now what I'm seeing is my beloved club is seen as the villain because of the media overreaction and propaganda, I don't like that. Football has always been about the elite clubs and the best players after all.
Premier League is famous worldwide because of the club and the players they can bring in, not solely because of the league.
I'd still watch FA cup, Carling cup..Europa league final..whatever there is to consume.and you are just the sort of fan the ESL is aimed at, the ones that will pay to watch top clubs and feck the rest.
Shocking attitude to have !
Everyone is the villain. It’s all about money and who gets that money.We are the villain. Well correction, the owners are. It's not propaganda, Man Utd are one of the main players in making this happen.
Ya right you bumbling fools. Couldn't ban just 1 club for 1 season for breaking rules YOU set in YOUR competition but yeah, will ban 12 clubs and players in it.https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/d...oldgiganter-ud-af-champions-league-paa-fredag
Chairman of Danish FA and member of UEFA executive committee Jesper Møller expects that the 12 clubs will be expelled on friday.
Jesper Møller says that an extraordinary executive committee meeting is being held friday and Jesper Møller expects that the 12 clubs will be expelled.
"... Then you must see how you finish the Champions League"
Furthermore UEFA will give the players' the choice of staying at the current club or terminate their contracts.
"I believe that the contracts automatically terminates when the clubs leaves. Then the players are free to chose to play in a club that's part of solidarity and community - our pyramidesystem"
Mönchengladbach has come out with the same anti-ESL statement as well. I'm not really fuzzed on why at this point, I just want clubs to publicly denounce the intiative.Easy here tiger, all the German clubs have the fans with the key vote so that´s that for them and PSG has an owner high up in the UEFA hierarchy and their TV station owns the right to CL TV broadcast in Asia plus they are deep into the scandal that the WC in QATAR is, so that´s a bit over simplified.
Porto are the only club who deserves any plaudit here.
So why does Burnley fans still watch the premier league then if they can never win the thing?That's the thing.
Assuming we're able to compete in the Premier League alongside this, as soon as you can't win the damn thing, what's the point in playing your hardest if nothing that bad can really happen? Also, I'm going to care much more about beating Liverpool in the Premier League than I am about beating them in this tinpot nonsense.
It is literally a glorified Emirates Cup.
I think these 12 can do what they like and create their own organisation and league or whatever, but then don’t expect to be allowed or invited to play in other organisation tournaments. Stick to your own. As another poster suggested, they’d create their own break way leagues and international tournaments. feck them.Basically people seem to think 12 of the biggest clubs in football can just be destroyed.
already somewhere between 1 and 2. it’ll be 3 by the end of the week.
Like Man City?I think this is beyond naive. The reality is those 6 clubs hold all the cards and have for a long time which has only continued to grow. UEFA and the FA have done nothing to stop it while they were getting a slice. Do you seriously believe Everton or Leicester will be able to grow to the size they can fill that gap? The Premier League is a great product because of the top teams in it.
What’s the problem? Sigh. Look at what happened with brexit or even trump. You fix things by being inside them not taking your ball and going to create a small competition where you play each other endlesslyIt is all about power. The UEFA controlles European football and they showed how corrupt they are. Now 12 clubs feel powerful enough to attack the UEFA for power, influence and money. What's the problem? They both do not care about football, they care about money....
Yes and in that 20 years the FA and UEFA have done nothing to stop corruption from spreading into the game. By letting clubs get bought out under these owners the FA sold their soul and their power alongside it.Literally 3 of the 6 weren't anything more than an average Everton 20 years ago. 1 of those that was more is essentiall only Evertons level now (plus big fanbase). United and Liverpool sure, but the rest?
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I don't think Glazers et al anticipated gov to weigh in. Sure they thought they'd get blow back from fans and pundits but not Bojo Sir Keir Starmer et al.
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Be interesting to see what happens with this. This is a open goal for the UK Govt, they can go hammer and tongs at the clubs and the populace by and large will support them.I don't think Glazers et al anticipated gov to weigh in. Sure they thought they'd get blow back from fans and pundits but not Bojo Sir Keir Starmer et al.
Meeting tomorrow between the premier league clubs, the selfish 6 excluded.Italians trying to salvage something. But in the UK? We will be too stupid.
Say the clubs get kicked out or banned and then they all form this super league. Transfers wont be able to happen anymore between the Super League and anywhere else as the federations wont ratify the transfers.You would think everyone involved with this project knew there would be strong backlash, so i dont just see them backing off like that.
After all, why would they care if UEFA bans them EL/CL, or even getting banned from the domestic league, considering just how much more money there is in this super league? The clubs they are representing will be set for years/decades to come!
City were able to grow by piggy backing onto the success of the league and the other big clubs within it. They are also backed by a nation state which is hardly replicable. Why would other owners come in and do the same if all the best teams had left the premier league? It's naive to think this wouldn't suck all the money out the league.Like Man City?
Thats because we are the villain and are being instrumental in breaking up European football.What I'm trying to say is, UEFA nor FIFA doesn't have the high ground here, they themselves are corrupted. If they want to ban the players, clubs, they will also suffer as much.
Right now what I'm seeing is my beloved club is seen as the villain because of the media overreaction and propaganda, I don't like that. Football has always been about the elite clubs and the best players after all.
Premier League is famous worldwide because of the club and the players they can bring in, not solely because of the league.
Bingo.
already somewhere between 1 and 2. it’ll be 3 by the end of the week.
The modern human, a soulless mindless automaton. Programmed to consume products brought to you by huge empty corporations who care nothing for human rights violations and only their bottom end.I'd still watch FA cup, Carling cup..Europa league final..whatever there is to consume.
The 14 teams presumably depend massively on the revenue and TV money from the PL. The ESL has massively devalued all of it. It could be a case of protecting the financial security of the teams (Especially after Covid) rather than just a few dollars..Yeah, because holding out for a few dollars today only to get completely fecked over a couple of years down the line is such a great idea.
Don’t think those capital numbers will go unnoticed.
already somewhere between 1 and 2. it’ll be 3 by the end of the week.