Time.news – The project to secede twelve famous football clubs fails who wanted to create a Super League which they could access by right and without qualifications. With the formalization of the retirement of the 6 English teams that should have made up half of the team, in fact it would be an Italian-Spanish championship with only Juventus, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Indeed, perhaps only five, because sources close to Inter made it known during the night that in the light of the latest developments, the Super League project is no longer considered of interest by the Nerazzurri club at present.
But despite the debacle, the surviving companies don’t give up and they ensure that the plans remain standing: are are the remodel.
With a flurry of tweets close to each other, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal e Tottenham have announced the abandonment of the project whose leaders are Real Madrid’s Florentine Perez and the Juventus by Andrea Agnelli and whose birth was announced shortly after midnight on Monday. An idea that it had been undermined to its foundations by player dissent and of the majority of the coaches and which had been opposed by heads of state and government – from Mario Draghi to Boris Johnson, from Emmanuel Macron to the Spanish executive.
The plan had begun to creak just over 24 hours after the birth for Manchester City’s turnaround which succumbed to the fury of the fans. Last came the formalization of the farewell of the Chelsea.
It empties in this way before it is even filled the € 3.5 billion pot funded by the US investment bank JPMorgan which should have been distributed among the founding members to offset the impact of the pandemic coronavirus on championships.
But the battle doesn’t seem to end there. The creators of the Super League have made it known in a note that they want to “take the most appropriate steps for remodel the project“in the face of the many withdrawals from the founding clubs that they have to face and he denounced that the six English clubs initially engaged and that on Tuesday paraded one after the other were forced” due to the pressure exerted on them.
The reaction to the secession, in fact, was tough, with politicians and football authorities threatening to take legal action against the so-called “dirty dozen”, which were feared to be excluded from national and continental competitions.
“Manchester United will not participate in the European Super League, “reads a statement from the 20 times English champions.” We have listened carefully to the reaction of our fans, the British government and others stakeholder key. We remain committed to working with others across the football community to find sustainable solutions to the long-term challenges facing the game. ” United also announced that executive vice president Ed Woodward will leave his role before the end of the year.
British Culture Minister Oliver Dowden said that despite the U-turn, a revision of the governance of the world of football. “The whole thing shows how out of this world these people are,” he tweeted, “They are completely wrong to evaluate the strength of the feelings of the fans, the players and the whole country. Football is for the fans. I remain convinced of the need for a reform. We need to make sure this never happens again. “
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, had posted his disapproval of the ‘Super League’ project on Twitter and shortly after came the club’s statement: “Liverpool Football can confirm that our involvement in the proposed plans to form a European Super League has been discontinued. days, the club has received grievances from various stakeholder key, both internal and external, and we would like to thank them for their valuable contribution “.
The Arsenal went further by apologizing to the fans: “It was never our intention to cause so much anguish, however when the invitation to join the Super League came, even knowing there were no guarantees, we didn’t want to be left behind and make sure to protect The Arsenal and its future “, reads a note from Gunners. “We made a mistake and we apologize“. The fans of the Chelsea who had gathered outside the Stamford Bridge to protest for the 0-0 against Brighton in the Premier League they celebrated when news came that the Blues were planning to retire.
Even the fans of the Tottenham they had planned a protest, but first came the statement from the president of the Spurs Daniel Levy: “We regret the anxiety and upset caused by the Super League proposal“.
The Super League says it is “convinced that the current status quo of European football must change”. “We propose a new European championship because the existing system does not work. Our proposal is aimed at allowing sport to evolve by generating resources and stability for the entire football pyramid, also helping to overcome the financial difficulties encountered by the entire community due to the pandemic “.
The association reiterates that the League would provide solidarity payments to all football stakeholders. “Despite the announced departure of the English clubs, forced to take these decisions by the pressure exerted on them,” continues the statement, “we are convinced that our proposal is fully in line with current European laws and regulations”.
Andrea Agnelli, number one of Juventus, vice president and founder of the new European Super League, assures that there will be no reversals, while opening up to dialogue with Fifa and Uefa. “There is a blood pact between our clubs“, he said in an interview with Repubblica,” the Super League project has a 100 percent chance of success, let’s go ahead “: he reiterated this in an interview with Repubblica which came out a few hours after the renunciation of the project by of the six English clubs. Agnelli has not closed the dialogue with the football institutions: “If they make us a proposal, we will evaluate”, he explained, but the goal remains “to create the most beautiful competition in the world capable of bringing benefits to the entire pyramid of football “.
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