They have been talking about it for years, now they have gone and done it.
Only just happened, but it looks like the 12 biggest european clubs outside of Germany and France have taken their ball (and presumably most of the money) and gone to have their own game, and not play in the national leagues.
The names mentioned are Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus. Conspicuously missing are PSG and Bayern Munich.
Uefa and the national leagues are right cross. Players taking part in the Super League would be banned from all other competitions at domestic, European or world level and could be prevented from representing their national teams.
The big thing in most european football is that it is a promotion / relegation system. If you are are the bottom and keep winning, you end up at the top. If you are at the top and keep losing you drop down the rankings. This does not have that system, so is more like the american system where companies move around if they do not have enough money coming in.
Gary Neville says it well (the 1st 2 minutes of this video are worth it):
Beeb Leicester
Only just happened, but it looks like the 12 biggest european clubs outside of Germany and France have taken their ball (and presumably most of the money) and gone to have their own game, and not play in the national leagues.
The names mentioned are Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus. Conspicuously missing are PSG and Bayern Munich.
Uefa and the national leagues are right cross. Players taking part in the Super League would be banned from all other competitions at domestic, European or world level and could be prevented from representing their national teams.
The big thing in most european football is that it is a promotion / relegation system. If you are are the bottom and keep winning, you end up at the top. If you are at the top and keep losing you drop down the rankings. This does not have that system, so is more like the american system where companies move around if they do not have enough money coming in.
Gary Neville says it well (the 1st 2 minutes of this video are worth it):
Beeb Leicester
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