Reaction to Super League proposal ranges from humour to anger
As a slew of foreign-owned clubs announced plans to rip up European soccer by forming a breakaway Super League, one team with North American leadership was happy to announce its intention to keep the status quo.
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Posted: Apr 19, 2021 12:46 PM ET | Last Updated: April 19
Gary Neville, former Manchester United defender and now a co-owner of Salford City, called for the Premier League to punish the six English clubs involved with point deductions. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
20 Apr 2021 / 10:00 H.
LONDON: Fans of the Premier League clubs named as part of the breakaway Super League launched on Sunday have joined forces to condemn the move with Chelsea s Supporters Trust describing it as the ultimate betrayal .
The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust said it was deeply concerned at their club s involvement while Arsenal s Supporters Trust described it on Twitter as the death of the club as a sporting institution .
Manchester United s Supporters Trust (MUST) also stood firm against the Super League which would have the club s co-chairman, American Joel Glazer, as it s vice-chairman. These proposals are completely unacceptable and will shock Manchester United fans, as well as those of many other clubs, it said in a statement.
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Fans of the Premier League clubs named as part of the breakaway Super League launched on Sunday have joined forces to condemn the move with Chelsea’s Supporters’ Trust describing it as the “ultimate betrayal.”
The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust said it was “deeply concerned” at their club’s involvement while Arsenal’s Supporters’ Trust described it on Twitter as “the death of the club as a sporting institution.”
Manchester United’s Supporters’ Trust (MUST) also stood firm against the Super League which would have the club’s co-chairman, American Joel Glazer, as it’s vice-chairman.
“These proposals are completely unacceptable and will shock Manchester United fans, as well as those of many other clubs,” it said in a statement.
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The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust has joined a chorus of voices condemning a breakaway European Super League (ESL).
The plan, announced on Sunday, sees Tottenham and 11 other clubs in create a rival competition to the Champions League.
It is proposed the new competition will be played in midweek with the eventual 15 founding members being joined by five qualifiers. It will be played initially in two groups of 10 with an eight-team knockout stage.
In statement, the clubs said: “Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new midweek competition, the Super League, governed by its founding clubs.