Understand this fiasco has now been suspended. Good night everyone.
Overnight UEFA has issued a further statement, praising the rebels thrust announced they had left the project. So unlikely to be any sanctions for this group for their role in creating a major crisis for European football. 
But this low rent statement was also released and unsigned by the rump of Super League members still committed to a project that has now collapsed. (Rushed out, and unclear like much of this doomed scheme)
The Premier a league teams (not their owners) had least to gain from this fiasco. They have huge inbuilt advantages over European rivals because of the immense success of their domestic league. Creation of Super League in many ways was a reaction to Premier League’s strength.
John Henry takes ownership of the fiasco. Tells Liverpool fans he alone is to blame.
La Liga will be playing this video during all their match broadcasts this weekend. The strap line: Earn It On The Pitch
Will the last one out please turn off the light. Hasta luego Atleti
Juve’s Agnelli has told Reuters Super League now dead. The former UEFA bird member and ECA president also said without any hint of irony: I don’t think our industry is a particularly sincere, trustworthy or reliable one in general.” 😂😂
Agnelli was also the same guy who 3 weeks ago described the new Champions League format as “beautiful” and one he would sign up to. He also was president of group representing 247 clubs, of which almost all would have been screwed by the Super League that he secretly negotiated.
Every crisis is a branding opportunity, too.
Juve remains convinced of “the soundness” of the Super League project that spectacularly collapsed 48 hours after launch.
Looking at AC Milan statement. It says it has heard the concerns of fans around the world about Super League and that it must be sensitive but doesn’t explicitly say they have left the project. Contractual reasons for this language? All 12 teams continue to be owners of ESL co.
It’s all worked out rather well for PSG and Nasser al Khelaifi then. He’s now chairman of the ECA, replacing Andrea Agnelli who quit a few minutes after the Super League was announced.
Winners this week: Qatar/PSG, Bayern and Manchester City and sheik Mansour for getting those OTT headlines for being the first team to announce they were pulling out. Biggest losers: Agnelli, Perez, LFC, Real Madrid, MUFC
“Winners” isn’t an endorsement of the individuals or teams mentioned there. And the reference is to reputation management/power rather than finance. I didn’t include Glazers as “losers” because, well, how much less popular can they become than they already are?
“Siri, mute Florentino.”
Another overnight interview from FloP (thanks @PhilippeAuclair) and yet more nonsense. But he did raise FFP. That is a crucial point beyond the greed that drove some of these teams’ thinking. They don’t believe UEFA took enforcement seriously.
The top clubs were furious about a lack of FFP enforcement by UEFA, particularly in relation to cases involving PSG, City (a Super League signatory) and Milan (another ESL club). Reminder of how PSG was allowed off the hook: nytimes.com/2019/07/24/spo…
PSG’s president is now the main man in club football. Funny how the world turns.
UEFA looking into sanctioning the wannabe rebel clubs. But don’t hold your breath for something severe, after all the only thing they did was try to blow up the century old European football settlement. Doubt they’ll suffer much pain.
What a they going to do? Ban the absentee Glazers from watching games at Old Trafford? Or Roman who hasn’t set foot in England for 2 years from watching Champions League games at Stamford Bridge?
Premier League also looking into sanctions against Big 6 and statute changes to prevent its clubs from being able to do something like this again, including rules to ensure teams cannot leave during a commercial term.
14 other Premier League teams remain furious and moves are being made to kick all Big 6 reps off internal PL committees. Feeling is they used commercially sensitive information gleaned from PL to advance efforts to secure Super League.
Inside the wild, whirlwind 48 hours that shook European football to its foundations (with @RorySmith)
nytimes.com/2021/04/22/spo…
nytimes.com/2021/04/22/spo…
It's long folks, but a lot happened:
- Ceferin had to contact Agnelli's wife as Juve president tried to ghost him
- How Super League execs felt plan died in hours before official launch
-How a lunch with Joan Laporta led La Liga boss Tebas to raise alarm
nytimes.com/2021/04/22/spo…
- Ceferin had to contact Agnelli's wife as Juve president tried to ghost him
- How Super League execs felt plan died in hours before official launch
-How a lunch with Joan Laporta led La Liga boss Tebas to raise alarm
nytimes.com/2021/04/22/spo…
- How many execs involved were insisting the plan was not ready to go public
-How Agnelli's anxiety pushed members to go live
-Last Wednesday there were just 7 teams signed up
nytimes.com/2021/04/22/spo…
-How Agnelli's anxiety pushed members to go live
-Last Wednesday there were just 7 teams signed up
nytimes.com/2021/04/22/spo…
Tebas stating the obvious: (Florentino Perez) was making up the figures ... it was all a lie
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