The Super League is losing the pieces. And there are those who speak of a meeting scheduled for the evening in which the twelve could even give up on the project. Chelsea is the first club of the 12 rebels who, according to the BBC, has abandoned the project: the London club is preparing the necessary documentation to withdraw its adhesion to the constitution of the controversial competition on the orders of the patron Roman Abramovich. And also Manchester City would have already warned the organizers, while from Spain there are similar rumors aboutAtletico Madrid. And the president of Barcelona Laporta would have added a clause: we only enter if the members want it. A way to let the members of the Catalan club have the last word.
The protest of the fans
Former Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech, now Blues manager, was busy convincing on Tuesday evening Blues fans, crowded in front of Stamford Bridge, to let Chelsea and Brighton coaches pass, opponents in a Premier League match: several hundred have occupied the access road to the stadium, in protest against the affiliation of their club to the Super League. I know, I know, but give us some time. And let the buses pass, Cech is heard saying to the angry fans in one of the many videos that have appeared on social media. And who knows that even the protests of the fans have not had a weight.
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But from Downing Street to the top of the FA, from the captains to the top executives of the Premier League, and again TV commentators and highly decorated managers, up to the overwhelming majority of fans, everyone lined up in the front row.: British public opinion agrees in the no to the British elite project. The captain of Liverpool – another team involved – has called a meeting with the 19 colleagues of the English top league and it is not difficult to imagine the contents. On the one hand the indignation against the six English splitting clubs, guilty of having signed the founding agreement, on the other the fear for the future of the football pyramid, of the principles of subsidiarity, of the meritocratic competition model.
The indiscretion on Chelsea was immediately answered by Labor through their leader Keir Starmer: Fantastic news. Other clubs should do the same.
With the two aforementioned English teams and at Atletico Madrid ready toopt out, at the moment Barcelona (with the clause mentioned above), Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Milan and Inter would remain.
April 20, 2021 (change April 20, 2021 | 20:50)
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