One rule for some and another for the rest. End the hypocrisy and penalise Englandâs Shameless Six
Docked points, hefty fines and governance changes should be on the cards at home but Uefa hold the greatest power
Following their acquisition by Sheikh Mansour, Abu Dhabi United Group and their practically limitless funds, Manchester City have gone from largely parochial top-flight also-rans who had been playing in English footballâs third tier as recently as 1999 to being one of the biggest clubs in the world. 12 trophies later and on course to add at least one more before the end this season, they are perennial Premier League title favourites and are on course for their first Uefa Champions League final.
Masters makes first moves to limit influence of the rebel six Lyndon Lloyd Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
The domestic response to an attempt by six Premier League clubs to form a breakaway Super League has begun with moves to strip executives from five of the clubs involved from various influential sub-committees.
According to Sky Sports News, Premier League CEO Richard Masters requested today that executives at the clubs leave their roles on working groups associated with governance of the domestic top flight.
Sky say that club sources indicated that Bruce Buck, Chelsea chairman and a member of the Premier League s audit and remuneration committee, and both Vinai Venkatesham, Arsenal chief executive, and Ferran Soriano at Manchester City, who sit on the Club Strategic Advisory Group (CSAG), were asked to step down voluntarily or face being forcibly removed.
Moshiri slams breakaway Super League as Everton urge rebel 6 to backtrack Lyndon Lloyd Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
Everton owner, Farhad Moshiri, has branded the decision by 12 European clubs, six of them from the Premier League, to form a practically closed-shop Super League as preposterous arrogance and called for disciplinary measures to be taken against them.
Meanwhile, in a statement from the Everton Board of Directors and an email to supporters from CEO Denise Barrett-Baxendale, the club outlined its commitment to the football pyramid and principles of open competition and sporting merit.
The 14 Premier League clubs excluded from the Super League have also unanimously rejected the plan and said, in a statement, that they are considering all options to prevent it.
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.
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