They might be kicked out of it by the end of the week but, even if they remain inside England’s football pyramid, Tottenham – and the five other English clubs who signed up – might have brought about its demise.
Daniel Levy may have hoped sacking Mourinho distracts from the Super League announcement, but he is sorely mistaken.
The manager of Tottenham, the upcoming Carabao Cup final, the final six games of the Premier League season: as soon as Spurs dropped that press release last night, they rendered all of it irrelevant.
The Super League news - seismic and irreversible, no matter the outcome in the bitter war to follow – has coloured every piece of breaking news, transfer gossip, and match preview, and yet the circus rolls on.