Re: The European Super League Megathread

by sportsczy Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:46 pm

Fiorentino Perez destroyed his legacy with this crazy idea of his...

Football doesn't need fixing. The elite just aren't making enough money to remain the elite and they tried a power play... they failed.

This catastrophic demise = victory for football as a whole. The issue with football is the chasm in spending power... maybe the pandemic has solved that believe it or not.

The sport has never been more popular. The pandemic has caused issues for EVERYONE, not just football clubs. The whining is absurd.

by halamadrid2 Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:47 pm

Apparently they have just concluded an emergency meeting and only City have decided to leave. The rest want to stay.

Would be hilarious if Perez announced 3 new teams joining during his interview

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:49 pm

You going to trust Cope? Why would they fire Woodward and keep the super league ? Why would Chelsea put out a statement saying they're leaving and then day something else an hour later ?

by sportsczy Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:49 pm

halamadrid2 wrote:Apparently they have just concluded an emergency meeting and only City have decided to leave. The rest want to stay.

Would be hilarious if Perez announced 3 new teams joining during his interview

That's fake news. Reputable media are reporting the exact opposite.

by halamadrid2 Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:51 pm

Nobody actually knows what's exactly happening

by Myesyats Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:56 pm

halamadrid2 wrote:Apparently they have just concluded an emergency meeting and only City have decided to leave. The rest want to stay.

Would be hilarious if Perez announced 3 new teams joining during his interview

Barca cannot do anything until Socios have voted on the issue, it seems.

by S Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:57 pm

M99 wrote:All this has made Real Madrid the biggest heels in football and the oil and PL clubs babyfaces. Absolute scenes.

Everyone's gonna be rooting against Tribal Chief Perez winning the CL.

With Agnelli behind him taking Jay Uso's place. Bet he will be cheering for Tribal Chief Perez from his couch to win the CL again.

by Firenze Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:11 pm

Florentino Perez naming the alternative teams he’s got lined up to replace those dropping out of the #europesuperleague #SuperLeagueOut #ESLOUT pic.twitter.com/scBWMnRAA5
— Luke Bernard-Haigh (@50shadesofhaigh) April 20, 2021

by S Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:14 pm

Imagine PSG beating Real Madrid in the final and the morning headline reads 'Football won'

The kind of stuff @Sports has been dreaming of, more so than El Khelaifi himself

by S Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:22 pm

Milan ultras group Curva Sud released a statement that did not condemn the Super League plan, but rather claimed the outrage is ‘hypocritical.’
While fans at Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and others are all protesting angrily in the hours since the project was announced, Italian supporters have been relatively quiet.
Juventus fans hung up one banner outside the stadium complaining their history was being ‘bartered and commercialised,’ pointedly including an image of the old logo.

Milan supporters group Curva Sud released a different kind of statement that hit out at the world of football in general.
“Honestly, it makes us laugh to see all those people in the control room of football suddenly claim we fans are first and foremost.
“The Super League is just the latest in a long line of innumerable manouvres over decades that has made football into a business.
“The birth of this new competition would certainly be another shove to the football of old, which is by now a distant memory, and will inevitably obscure the tradition of the various national leagues, robbing football of the undeniable principle of sporting meritocracy.
“But the thing that most leaves us indignant is the hypocrisy of all those who contributed to making this sport nothing but a business, those who today stand up in name of the fans, but only because they saw their remunerative and seemingly untouchable project fall apart.
“Football did belong to the people until the 1990s, when the Champions League was born, destroying the old European Cup. From that moment, an unbreachable chasm has been created between the big and small clubs.
“Football did belong to the people even when nobody lifted a finger to stop the increase of ticket prices that was imposed by some Presidents.
“Football did belong to the people even when nobody stepped in to stop the rise of the super agents, who took player salaries to ever more astronomical figures, which could only be sustained with TV rights, the same TV companies that imposed increasingly chaotic fixture lists, with games on improbable days and kick-off times.
“Football did belong to the people even when rules were imposed to stop any rapport between the players and the fans.
“Football did belong to the people even when Supercoppa Finals were played on other continents or the dates of some games were changed a few days before kick-off, damaging those fans who had booked trains or planes to get to the stadium.
“Football did belong to the people even when some clubs were allowed to circumvent Financial Fair Play, while others with less influential Presidents were penalised.
“Football did belong to the people even when the World Cup was forced to Qatar in 2022, despite moving the entire calendar and disregarding human rights violations.
“We could list numerous other examples to show the absolute hypocrisy of the words we’re hearing from the football chiefs over the last 48 hours.
“The Super League is just the latest disgusting step, but those who took football to this point are no less grotesque, so save us these ludicrous performances of rhetoric and morality.
“Now that the money is running out, feel free to fight it out between yourselves, but don’t you dare name the fans. PIGS!”

Milan ultras wow

Kudos to them

by Firenze Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:32 pm

UEFA president Ceferin: “I am delighted to welcome Manchester City back to the European football family. They have shown great intelligence. City are a real asset for the game and I am delighted to be working with them for a better future”. #MCFC #SuperLeague
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 20, 2021

by Luca Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:34 pm

Milan fans post that but then get afraid when it’s time to play Parma away

Respect though

by Jay29 Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:53 pm

Arsenal are out. Reported by Ornstein.

by Guest Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:02 pm

Manutd, Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool offically pull out as per statement in their official site.

this thing is over

by Guest Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:05 pm

cant wait for our club to put statement because there is a serious ass whipping waiting for gazidis and owner for buying this nonsense - from fans, from serie a from UEFA god knows how many angry people will be waiting ...

by Guest Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:08 pm

Luca wrote:Milan fans post that but then get afraid when it’s time to play Parma away

Respect though

hasnt it been obvious ??? it was chosing between those two evils with milan fans between it ... how much pain are the mofos going to cause with us being between them after these suffering ?

by Casciavit Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:08 pm

What a shitshow.

Oddly enough I kind of warmed up to the idea more in the last 24h and now it's been suspended. So we'll get UEFA's shitty expansion instead.

by Guest Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:10 pm

Casciavit wrote:What a shitshow.

Oddly enough I kind of warmed up to the idea more in the last 24h and now it's been suspended. So we'll get UEFA's shitty expansion instead.

well wheren't UEFA pressured to come up with this plan anyway after pressure from the so called big clubs ... find avenues to update the competition so that they can get better returns ?

by Hapless_Hans Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:13 pm

We will not be participating in the European Super League.#MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 20, 2021

by halamadrid2 Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:14 pm

Apparently Uefa offered the English teams a big sum of money to withdraw from the ESL

by Robespierre Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:14 pm

The Mediterranean league - thread

by Hapless_Hans Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:14 pm

So, who's left?

Real Madrid, Barca with Juve, Inter, and Milan? Laughing

by Hapless_Hans Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:15 pm

halamadrid2 wrote:Apparently Uefa offered the English teams a big sum of money to withdraw from the ESL

you're an absolute clown, is what you are

by halamadrid2 Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:15 pm

The most successful team in the history of CL. Makes sense :coffee:

by Guest Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:15 pm

halamadrid2 wrote:Apparently Uefa offered the English teams a big sum of money to withdraw from the ESL

i did read some updates early morning that UEFA had then later on been working with some financial institution to finance a new 6 billion package for rival competition to ESL....

so i guess that recipe worked enough i guess ??

by Robespierre Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:16 pm

good, Milan too
Inter hurry up

AC Milan out of proposed European Super League @TheAthleticUK #ACMilan #europesuperleague #esl
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) April 20, 2021

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