This has got to be three of the most chaotic days in the history of football: 12 of the biggest football clubs in the world, consisting of Real Madrid, Manchester City, etc., formed an alliance and gave light to an idea that was in the works in the dark for years inside Florentino Perez’s head. The idea was the formation of the European Super League.
Three days later, six of those clubs have withdrawn from being involved with that idea. The football world is a mess right now, and there’s so much happening all around Europe, that it’s hard to even keep track of everything. But this looks like everything is going back to normal.
The first club to withdraw from the European Super League was Premier League giants Manchester City. The club announced late Tuesday night they have formally enacted procedures to withdraw from the plans made for the league, and shortly after, so did the remaining Premier League clubs.
Club statement.https://t.co/GeNQZn8091
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 20, 2021
What happens to the European Super League now? Why was it not a good idea to begin with?
After City’s announcement, literally every single Premier League club that had accepted the proposal announced their withdrawal from the developing plans of the European Super League.
That comes shortly after Florentino Perez’s quotes saying that no club would withdraw from the competition because the contracts were signed by every single one of those 12 clubs “last Saturday”.
This is obviously because of the backlash that all these 12 clubs have received from some players, some coaches and many, many, many fans all over the world. Most of the fans don’t believe in the European Super League and they’ve made sure that their voices were heard. The clubs apologised for it.
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Every club that said yes to this was receiving criticism about this situation and rightly so. The European Super League helps rich people get richer. But, it doesn’t really do anything good for the Southamptons or the Crystal Palaces, or even the West Hams, a team that took the leap this season. This competition only makes everything worse for them. Stories like this would get lost in the mix.
They won’t get the eyes that they would normally get. They won’t get the same revenue. They won’t get a chance to rewrite history like Leicester City did in 2016, or like West Ham themselves have done this season. All of that wouldn’t matter that much because of the European Super League. I haven’t really given my thoughts on this idea anywhere, but these are my two cents on the situation.
I would love to see the rich people getting richer but only if the poor get rich with them. That’s not what’s happening here, so yes, I’m against the idea. Manchester City, along with the other Premier League clubs have made a great decision of not participating in the league anymore, and I really hope the other clubs follow suit. To be honest, I don’t think they have a choice anymore.
As Jurgen Klopp said in the press conference for the game against Leeds United, I really would love to see West Ham play in the Champions League, as well. It’ll be something special. If anything blocks that or limits their chances which they’ve rightfully earned, I, like millions of other fans, would be against it.
People are relieved, but there’s still stuff left to do. Just six more clubs remain.