Those same insiders say talk of a couple of the Premier League’s Big Six getting cold feet is nonsense and even if they were, the contract they’ve signed is binding so they couldn’t walk away easily. Or cheaply.
But there’s no question that momentum against this money printing enterprise seems to be growing rapidly and all it would take is just one crack to bring the edifice down.
A banner left by Manchester United fans objecting to the club’s decision to join the European Super League, Credit: PA
The main instigator, Real Madrid’s Florentino Perez, has spoken to Spanish TV and said his plan was to save the game of football which he says is dying. It would be an argument worth investigating more closely if his club wasn’t nearly a billion euros in debt which seems to render any talk of altruism all but unbelievable.
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