Euro Super League Anyone ?

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And the Champions league changes sail through seamlessly without any notable objections as all focus is on the ESL.

Hmmmmm....

Think the Six owners here and elsewhere are looking for a quick return on their investment end of now.

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Think the Six owners here and elsewhere are looking for a quick return on their investment end of now.

And that justifies tearing up the whole of football as we know it (the format in Europe is the format worldwide, tear it up, you tear it up for everyone)?

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Not much of a fan of Mr Corden but on this showing maybe I can cut him some slack....

https://motleedsnews.com/news/andrea...-james-corden/

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Not relevant (sorry, but bigger issues at hand). They might be expelled, do we want to finish higher in the league because of that, not here.

As Neville and Carragher have said, this needs to be stopped, buried so deep it never sees the light of day ever again.

Sorry WTF..... that's crazy talk.

I hope they all get expelled and the Prem money is spread amongst the FA. a great solution to help out the lower division teams that are dying because of lockdowns.

The whole thing will flop fairly quickly and they will come back begging to be let back in the league. start them off in League II with salary limitations equal to the highest payroll of the years previous year. No TV rights.

make the stipulations known now. Make them sign off on it.

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And yes, I'd gladly take the increased money for finishing up 6 spots in the prem this year. that's a lot of money not to mention champions league football.

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Sorry WTF..... that's crazy talk.

I hope they all get expelled and the Prem money is spread amongst the FA. a great solution to help out the lower division teams that are dying because of lockdowns.

The whole thing will flop fairly quickly and they will come back begging to be let back in the league. start them off in League II with salary limitations equal to the highest payroll of the years previous year. No TV rights.

make the stipulations known now. Make them sign off on it.

Not "crazy talk" in any context. If the authorities attempt to expel them, the ESL clubs will (of course), resort to legal moves of their own (there are already precedents in European basketball and ice skating that support the kind of thing the ESL is proposing). Whilst that runs its course (potentially for years), the ESL would continue with those clubs fielding substantially weaker teams in a devalued PL and Champions League competition, something the other PL clubs have already flagged up. For as long as that continues, in addition to the rights deal the ESL will establush (rumoured already to be ready to be signed off), the current monies paid by Sky etc will be sucked out of the game we know in order to further line the pockets of the ESL owners (Real Madrid chairman has already said as much), and as a consequence EVERY club in EVERY league will suffer and some (maybe most), simply won't survive.

Better to ban players and clubs from any competition under the auspices of FIFA and UEFA, (much more practicable and much less legally challenging), making it unattractive for the players to be part of the ESL, not only because they would be inable to play for their country, but also their clubs would be unable to field any players associated with ESL games. Without the stars, the ESL transforms into a damp squib.

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And yes, I'd gladly take the increased money for finishing up 6 spots in the prem this year. that's a lot of money not to mention champions league football.

Sorry m8, u r missing the point. As a for instance, last night game was important to Liverpool in terms of Champions league football. If the ESL goes ahead, last night's game is meaningless for Liverpool, their focus would be on the ESL. You would be content with getting into the Champions league by beating Liverpool U23s?

And do you really expect the money in the PL to be unaffected when the 6 clubs who generated 1/3 of ALL revenue in all leagues are playing in an ESL they can't be relegated from?

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hard to get more more definitive than the FA expelling them.

at that point is turns into a legal "sword fight". I think the FA has a much larger "sword" than the 6 clubs.

if my understanding of brexit is correct the court on this matter will be an English court and not some flunky court out of brussels. I suspect that the FA's injunction would be immediate and absolute which means that the 6 clubs will get no prem money, no champions league money and no TV money.

Guess who wins if that's the case and they have to go it alone on the 6 billion loan from JP Morgan.

Bend them over and break it off and let the rest of the world enjoy it.

FWIW, this is a world wide event. even the local sports shows in Indianapolis are covering it. I've seen articles in the Wall Street Journal and national shows are talking about it as well. it's not just limited to Europe.

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hard to get more more definitive than the FA expelling them.

at that point is turns into a legal "sword fight". I think the FA has a much larger "sword" than the 6 clubs.

if my understanding of brexit is correct the court on this matter will be an English court and not some flunky court out of brussels. I suspect that the FA's injunction would be immediate and absolute which means that the 6 clubs will get no prem money, no champions league money and no TV money.

Guess who wins if that's the case and they have to go it alone on the 6 billion loan from JP Morgan.

Bend them over and break it off and let the rest of the world enjoy it.

FWIW, this is a world wide event. even the local sports shows in Indianapolis are covering it. I've seen articles in the Wall Street Journal and national shows are talking about it as well. it's not just limited to Europe.

As I said, attempts to expel would inevitably lead to legal challenge and until resolved expelling would be on hold. They know that as well as anyone, so potentially years in the courts. That same requirement for resolution holds with any country FA "injunction" (for which by the way there is no precedent)

We're talking as if this was all English leagues. It isn't, there are Italian and Spanish clubs involved so action has to be at FIFA/UEFA level, and concerted and co-ordinated with the authorities in each affected country. As far as the clubs involved, they care neither for their own fans, employees, the leagues they currently play in, far less the chattering classes or what get aired on social media and/or the Wall Street Journal, only for the money already on offer from JP Morgan and/or the TV rights deal waiting in the wings.

As I said in an earlier post, take the players out of the equation by making it impossible for them to play in anything BUT the ESL, THEN boredom will soon follow.