20 Apr 2021 / 10:00 H.
LONDON: Fans of the Premier League clubs named as part of the breakaway Super League launched on Sunday have joined forces to condemn the move with Chelsea s Supporters Trust describing it as the ultimate betrayal .
The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust said it was deeply concerned at their club s involvement while Arsenal s Supporters Trust described it on Twitter as the death of the club as a sporting institution .
Manchester United s Supporters Trust (MUST) also stood firm against the Super League which would have the club s co-chairman, American Joel Glazer, as it s vice-chairman. These proposals are completely unacceptable and will shock Manchester United fans, as well as those of many other clubs, it said in a statement.
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Fans of the Premier League clubs named as part of the breakaway Super League launched on Sunday have joined forces to condemn the move with Chelsea’s Supporters’ Trust describing it as the “ultimate betrayal.”
The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust said it was “deeply concerned” at their club’s involvement while Arsenal’s Supporters’ Trust described it on Twitter as “the death of the club as a sporting institution.”
Manchester United’s Supporters’ Trust (MUST) also stood firm against the Super League which would have the club’s co-chairman, American Joel Glazer, as it’s vice-chairman.
“These proposals are completely unacceptable and will shock Manchester United fans, as well as those of many other clubs,” it said in a statement.
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Twelve of football s richest clubs have declared their intent to form a Super League , but their proposal has instantly alienated football fans and threatens to unleash calamity in the world s most popular sport.
There would be nothing super about a tournament motivated by greed and lacking real risk and therefore excitement.
The cynicism displayed by the clubs in question England s Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham; Spain s Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid; and Italy s Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan is as barefaced as it is astonishing.
Each would receive 3.5 billion euros ($4.64 billion) just for joining to support their infrastructure investment plans and to offset the impact of the COVID pandemic , in the knowledge that television viewers in the US, Asia and the Middle East would tune in for (and fund) the spectacle, even if local fans turned away.