Super League on the brink of collapse as English clubs withdraw Lyndon Lloyd Tuesday, 20 April, 2021 BREAKING NEWS The controversial breakaway Super League all but collapsed this evening as Manchester City formally withdrew and were followed by all five of Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham out of a venture that has sparked a vociferous backlash by supporters. As fans clogged the road at the players' entrance at Stamford Bridge ahead of Chelsea's Premier League match against Brighton this evening to provide a visual emblem of the near-universal disgust at the proposed closed-shop league, the founding of which by 11 other rebel clubs was only made official on Sunday night, the London club became the first to lose its nerve.