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20 Apr, 7 tweets, 6 min read

#BREAKING 'No doubt whatsoever' that FIFA 'disapproves' of Super League: Infantino

#UPDATE FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that there is "no doubt whatsoever" that football's world governing body "disapproves" of the proposed European Super League

#BREAKING 'There's time to change your mind': UEFA chief tells Super League clubs

#UPDATE FIFA president Gianni Infantino warns the breakaway clubs "must live with the consequences of their choices" if they go ahead with the proposed European Super League (ESL)
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#BREAKING Man City's Guardiola says plans for closed Super League format are 'not sport' #AFPSport

#UPDATE Manchester City boss Pep #Guardiola has criticised the closed format of a proposed breakaway #EuropeanSuperLeague, saying it is "not sport" if success is guaranteed u.afp.com/Ud5D #ESL #AFPSports

#UPDATE The declaration of a private #EuropeanSuperLeague has hurled #UEFA and the 12 rebel football clubs into a complex legal and political battle, fraught with wider implications for European sport. Will the spat end up in the courts? Q+A u.afp.com/Ud5R #AFPSports

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The UK government has threatened to invoke competition law to block a breakaway

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European Super League.

#AFPgraphics on the teams that have signed up to football's new controversial European Super League.

The absence of French and German teams from the founding members is notable

Football's richest clubs.

World's richest 20 football clubs based on revenue in 2019/2020 and those joining the breakaway European Super League

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