European Super League In Pictures
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KVetch
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Nice work d
Nice work. Did you put this together? I forgot our own Daniel Levy was a part of this move. Though he wasn't with us very long. Without some kind of intervention this Super League concept is bound to happen. Even though it already exists in the form of the Champions Cup. Perez and the Spanish clubs are desperately in need of funds. The other owners are just greedy.
CroJack
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Rotten.
Saudi Arabia desperately wants to invest in European football, just like Qatar and UAE have done with PSG and Manchester City. It's a political, PR and financial project for all of them. I am pretty sure that Saudis, in the near future, will buy one of the European clubs. Probably Inter Milan. Or, Newcastle, if the British government and FA allow them to do that.
My guess is that Putin called Roman Abramovich and told him to withdraw from the ESL. Gazprom's sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League and the Champions League final in 2022. in St. Petersburg are too precious to Putin. Also, some of the European Cup games will be played in St. Petersburg this year. And without Chelsea, PSG, Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and many other clubs like Porto, Ajax, Napoli, Benfica, Anderlecht, Monaco, Lyon, Marseille, Leverkusen, Leipzig etc. what's the point of the so called Super League?
Yeah. Everything is pointing to Saudi Arabia and Florentino Perez. The German newspaper Suddeutche Zeitung has discovered that it was Saudi money behind the whole European Super League project. Then it was just 2+2=4.
Saudi Arabia desperately wants to invest in European football, just like Qatar and UAE have done with PSG and Manchester City. It's a political, PR and financial project for all of them. I am pretty sure that Saudis, in the near future, will buy one of the European clubs. Probably Inter Milan. Or, Newcastle, if the British government and FA allow them to do that.
My guess is that Putin called Roman Abramovich and told him to withdraw from the ESL. Gazprom's sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League and the Champions League final in 2022. in St. Petersburg are too precious to Putin. Also, some of the European Cup games will be played in St. Petersburg this year. And without Chelsea, PSG, Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and many other clubs like Porto, Ajax, Napoli, Benfica, Anderlecht, Monaco, Lyon, Marseille, Leverkusen, Leipzig etc. what's the point of the so called Super League?
CroJack
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Yeah, I agree the fans have a huge power, but it seems to me it's more than that.
Yankee_Jack
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more than that ... branding and sanctions.
The game as a whole is too big for a small faction to go it alone and forever risk being excluded from the global franchise. Media companies and adverstizers, that pay the media companies, and sponsors do not to be affiliated with the Greed League .. this is a toxic brand.
Sanctions levied against the owners, the clubs, coaches and players for playing in the Greed League by the global franchise makes the sustainability of the league questionable. What player or coach would want to be black-balled from the global franchise when the opportunities are so limited in the Greed League. For a coach, how many times can you get fired and rehired within that limited system. For a player, if the Greed League is truly a collection of elite players, then what happens to the player when he ages out or is not able to sustain the quality ... where does that player go then.
The game as a whole is too big for a small faction to go it alone and forever risk being excluded from the global franchise. Media companies and adverstizers, that pay the media companies, and sponsors do not to be affiliated with the Greed League .. this is a toxic brand.
Sanctions levied against the owners, the clubs, coaches and players for playing in the Greed League by the global franchise makes the sustainability of the league questionable. What player or coach would want to be black-balled from the global franchise when the opportunities are so limited in the Greed League. For a coach, how many times can you get fired and rehired within that limited system. For a player, if the Greed League is truly a collection of elite players, then what happens to the player when he ages out or is not able to sustain the quality ... where does that player go then.
Yes, your probably right CJ. Impossible to say whether the idea was futile from day one, but obviously it wasn't researched deep enough before putting it to the test.
Just a thought ! Jealousy is a disease, even among billionaires.
Very easy to understand the keen Arab interest in this, as their oil market will diminish considerably over the coming next couple of years due to electric transport. and will be looking at various investments to recoup the loss.
Yankee_Jack
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This is how a Trust should function ... Tottenham fans call for board to resign