The European Super League Megathread

Dig your own hole and then try to change how football is played to get out of it

Liverpool initially accepted the offer to join

Perucho21 wrote:Liverpool initially accepted the offer to join

Owners =/= to the club btw

Edit: We were also the first club to call it out through players and manager since only we played the same night ffs, everyone else enjoyed the PR planning on how to play the mistake out. GTFO

Still joined tho

Perucho21 wrote:Still joined tho

Which is why FSG OUT, imagine agreeing to something without asking the players and managers.

ESL will happen in the future, football will change, it is inevitable but the future is not now just because 2 clubs are salty that they can't afford to sign Mbappe.

Suffer alongside us like mortals Real and Barca Fans, we are desperately trying to recuperate Konate money rn if you want to join us in depression of not being able to compete unless players sold.

The answer is not a revamped version of ESL

Instead is a revamped version of FFP

Why inject more cash in football it will only inflate the prices even more

Anyone knows if FFP was established in early 2010s how PSG were able to sign both Neymar and Mbappe for 400m in the space of a year?

Nishankly wrote:Anyone knows if FFP was established in early 2010s how PSG were able to sign both Neymar and Mbappe for 400m in the space of a year?

Mbappe was a loan deal with option to buy.  Monaco lent him to PSG for 1 year and then sold him the summer after.  Monaco did PSG and Ligue 1 a very very big solid by allowing this structure and deferring the fee.

Nishankly wrote:

Perucho21 wrote:Still joined tho

Which is why FSG OUT, imagine agreeing to something without asking the players and managers.

ESL will happen in the future, football will change, it is inevitable but the future is not now just because 2 clubs are salty that they can't afford to sign Mbappe.

Suffer alongside us like mortals Real and Barca Fans, we are desperately trying to recuperate Konate money rn if you want to join us in depression of not being able to compete unless players sold.

Well we've been mortal since 2019.. the summer with Hazard and Mendy was the last time we made any significant additions to the club which required a transfer fee. We really cannot afford new signings or high contracts which is not something we are used to.

Ill also add that at least Real is somewhat stable compared to Barcelona, but doesn't mean everything is all sunshine and rainbows.

Honestly I didnt take this whole ESL thing seriously and I still don't. Im just surprised Perez didnt see the PR backlash and it was pathetic to see fans defend UEFA like they are worthy of such defense. I don't think we need a new competition with new rules we just more strict financial regulation by UEFA but they are in bed with the rich clubs, so it won't ever happen.

Real and Barca do not have owners so we have to rely on our, i guess you can say old school type of business model. In the future, either Real will get with the times and sell to an owner/business/country or UEFA actually starts cracking down on the rich clubs

Barca and Real received "interest-free" public funds in the not-so-distant past... a lot of money.  Not to mention very interestingly priced land deals etc.

The money that built both clubs wasn't at all without controversy.

This is just the latest time they got caught.  Keep in mind there is no incentive in Spain to bring this to light because it's to Spain's benefit.  It takes the European Commission or another independent watchdog to shed light... and they have bigger fish to fry and, frankly, only care if there's a political benefit.  Been going on since the beginning of time with these two and still ongoing:  

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/04/spanish-football-clubs-repay-tens-millions-illegal-state-subsidies-brussels

The idea of a transfer cap in football has grown on me i think

Something to reduce operating cost

You see players going for ridiculous fees. Lukaku 100 millions, De Paul 50 millions, Locatelli 40 millions. What the hell. How can you expect to make profit when ensuring the quality of your team costs so much money.

It really is between the devil and the deep blue sea with this one. UEFA or ESL, absolutely terrible options.

Doc wrote:It really is between the devil and the deep blue sea with this one. UEFA or ESL, absolutely terrible options.

England FA, Etihad Group and QSI Vs Perez, Agnelli and Laporta

Proper deathmatch this

Good luck to Juve, Real Madrid and Barca loooool

Following the receipt by ECA of specific requests asking the ECA Board to consider the withdrawal of their previous resignation requests of April 2021, the ECA Executive Board has agreed that the following clubs will retain their ECA ordinary membership for the current 2019-23 ECA membership cycle: AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Club Atlético de Madrid, FC Internazionale Milano, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC.

https://www.ecaeurope.com/news/eca-executive-board-accepts-clubs-requests-to-retain-eca-membership-completing-reintegration-of-the-clubs-into-european-football/

| The lawyer Manuel Ruiz de Lara, who’s in charge of the 17th Commercial Court of Madrid, has said UEFA President Ceferin has 5 days to announce the annulment of the sanctions against the Super league clubs otherwise UEFA will be legally prosecuted. (@ilbianconerocom) pic.twitter.com/tmX6SC0EMO

— JuveFC (@juvefcdotcom) September 20, 2021

| UEFA STATEMENT:

“Following stay of proceedings against Barcelona, Juventus, & Real Madrid, in the matter related to violation of UEFA’s legal framework w/ Super League, UEFA Appeals Body declared today the proceedings NULL & VOID, as if proceedings were never opened.”

WOW!

— RMadridHome (@RMadridHome) September 27, 2021

Flo is not playing, been around for a long time that sneaky bastard

I can bet you any money Flo will get this ESL through before he steps down as a RM president. It'll be his legacy

The People v. O.J. FloPerez season 2

The reports of Flo's demise are greatly exaggerated.

State of the CL right now, semis will have Sheriff vs Young Boys by the looks of it.

Get the ESL back on track please.

Big facts, I rather lose to Bayern and AC Milan than effing Sheriff

Kaladin wrote:State of the CL right now, semis will have Sheriff vs Young Boys by the looks of it.

Get the ESL back on track please.

If this were to happen, it actually proves again that football is the greatest sport there is.

I think Sheriff beating Real Madrid in Madrid is a great story.  Their team cost pay 100k at most...  Madrid 1 billion.  And yet.

If you can't understand the beauty of this, I don't know what to say.

It's a fantastic story. Don't get it wrong. I just hate that madrid were in the receiving end of it

| Hans-Joachim Watzke (Dortmund CEO): "The Super League is NOT off the table. The biggest mistake is to underestimate Florentino Perez, he learns from his mistakes, so a CLOSED league won't happen." @BILD via @MENnewsdesk #rmalive

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) January 16, 2022

Laporta: “Super league abandoned? No, far from it. We are there with Juventus, Madrid and waiting for the other teams. The English clubs and German clubs are waiting to see if it will be a new format of competition or an improved Champions League."

Laporta: “We are still involved with the Super League. We are winning in each of the judicial proceedings that have been initiated, after having won the one’s that were resolved. We are now expecting a judgement from the European court by the end of this year."