Homelander Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new European Super League (ESL). In a seismic move for European football, the Premier League clubs will join AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. The ESL said the founding clubs had agreed to establish a "new midweek competition" with teams continuing to "compete in their respective national leagues". It says the inaugural season "is intended to commence as soon as practicable" and "anticipated that a further three clubs will join" the breakaway. The ESL says it also plans to launch a women's competition as soon as possible after the men's tournament starts. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Uefa and the Premier League condemned the move to launch a European Super League when news of it broke on Sunday. World governing body Fifa has previously said it would not recognise such a competition and any players involved in it could be denied the chance to play at a World Cup. Uefa, Europe's governing body, reiterated this warning on Sunday when it said players involved would be banned from all other competitions at domestic, European or world level and could be prevented from representing their national teams. After the Super League was announced, Fifa expressed its "disapproval" of the proposed competition and called on "all parties involved in heated discussions to engage in calm, constructive and balanced dialogue for the good of the game". In a statement, the ESL said: "Going forward, the founding clubs look forward to holding discussions with Uefa and Fifa to work together in partnership to deliver the best outcomes for the new league and for football as a whole." What is the proposed format? The league will have 20 teams - the 12 founding members plus the three unnamed clubs they expect to join soon and five sides who qualify annually according to their domestic achievements. Under the proposals, the ESL campaign would start in August each year, with midweek fixtures, and the clubs would be split into two groups of 10, playing each other home and away. The top three in each group would qualify for the quarter-finals, with the teams in fourth and fifth playing a two-legged play-off for the two remaining spots. From then on, it would have the same two-leg knockout format used in the Champions League before a single-leg final in May at a neutral venue. The ESL says it will generate more money than the Champions League and would result in a greater distribution of revenue throughout the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamfer Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 More matches for bookies to huat..... More matches for gamblers to place bets on.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I really dont like football anymore I know times have changed but this is just greedy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Homelander Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: I really dont like football anymore I know times have changed but this is just greedy. Yeah this sucks...french, dutch and german haven't join yet...hope they all get ban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Wow nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) those that hate or dislike, deal with it. cause Money, money, money, Must be funny, In the rich man's world Edited April 19, 2021 by The_King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 hours ago, ManOfTheHour said: I really dont like football anymore I know times have changed but this is just greedy. Ya all join cos the super lick promised more $$$... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Surprised no psg.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Ape Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) When corporate greed takes over your favourite sports.... Edited April 20, 2021 by Cynical Ape 1 Good content = Topics that genuinely encourages and stimulates interaction/banter. Bad content = Clickbaits, brag posts and social media news feed that nobody gives a flying fuck about + waste of server storage space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Ape Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Breaking: EPL clubs have all withdrawn from it! European Super League: All six Premier League teams withdraw from competition - BBC Sport 1 Good content = Topics that genuinely encourages and stimulates interaction/banter. Bad content = Clickbaits, brag posts and social media news feed that nobody gives a flying fuck about + waste of server storage space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Woodward has resigned, no idea if linked to ESL club owners are lucky that football fans are fickle, invest in the teams and win few trophies and people will forget this happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 it is all abt the money, both legit and illegit. financial backer for this new league is jp morgan. https://currency.com/jp-morgan-to-finance-breakaway-football-european-super-league most likely the bank is looking into financing the lucrative business of buying and selling clubs and players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Ape Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) 6 clubs play what super league, lol. The others prolly gonna follow suit. Edited April 21, 2021 by Cynical Ape Good content = Topics that genuinely encourages and stimulates interaction/banter. Bad content = Clickbaits, brag posts and social media news feed that nobody gives a flying fuck about + waste of server storage space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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