Football European Super League

[Dragon 2,059]

6 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Woverhampton Wanderers called themselves 2018/19 champions, but it is probably too late to organize a city "champions" gala parade

 

 

Well,if the Super League had been invented in the 1950s they might be as big a club as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus today...

[Dunadan 1,103]

Would be interesting to know reactions from Asian younger football fans if they are to be the real main target audience for this. Are  they overwhelmingly positive? Do they even know (or care about) the difference between the various competitions (european cups, national leagues, etc.) or do they really watch 1-minute highlights of CR7 and Messi without having seen a match? (and in the latter case, why would they be more interested in this SuperLeague rather then the UCL?)

[hckošice 15,824]

10 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Well,if the Super League had been invented in the 1950s they might be as big a club as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus today...

oh yeah the famous "splendid isolation" era, when the whole britain thought nobody outside the islands know kicking the ball untill came a certain "arany csapat" around Puskas and brought them back to earth

[Dragon 2,059]

12 minutes ago, hckošice said:

oh yeah the famous "splendid isolation" era, when the whole britain thought nobody outside the islands know kicking the ball untill came a certain "arany csapat" around Puskas and brought them back to earth

Wolves beat Honved in 1954, a year after Hungary had smashed England at Wembley, when both teams were national championships.

Wolves won 3-2 but it might have helped that the pitch was a heap of mud... 

[Agger 1,710]

German newspaper Bild is telling that Liverpool are having second thoughts now as well

[Monzanator 4,828]

4 hours ago, hckošice said:

I just can not uderstand how someone so experienced and successful bussinesman and strong in economical matters like "don" Perez and "capo" Agnelli entered in a so risky project that will most likely finish even before it even started and destroy their careers forever

 

These owners are basically all multi-millionaires who always do things their own way. They simply can't take "no" for an answer. The Agnellis are like the Rockefellers of Italy. They will be fine even if this whole Super League thing turns into a fiasco faster than a Challenger in 1986.

[Agger 1,710]

And now according to BBC Chelsea are preparing to request their withdrawal.

The Scum reports that Man City are doing the same.

Atletico as well while it is confirmed that Barca members would need to vote for the decision

Guess the project could be dead very soon!

[PHI2019 313]

From the BBC a few minutes ago: Chelsea and Manchester City preparing to withdraw from the Super League

[Dragon 2,059]

Reports that Athletico Madrid are pulling out too...

[Dragon 2,059]