Relief for Newcastle United as football’s Super League disintegrates Frank Kane The Bobby Robson statue outside Newcastle United’s St James’ Park. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/cbfph What are the business implications of the disastrous attempt by six English football clubs, and a few others from Spain and Italy, to break away from their national leagues and set up a European “Super League”? The Big Six of the Premier League were forced to ditch their plans earlier this week after outrage at what was seen as brazen greed on their part. In return for one-off payments of between £300 million and £200 million each, the six would have joined the new competition, which was calculated to be a much bigger earner in terms of broadcasting rights revenue than the existing European competitions.