The Kop confetti had barely been swept away and the champagne hangovers had just worn off when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vowed to knock Liverpool off their Premier League perch again. The league title going to Anfield for the first time in three decades stung Manchester United, the 33-point chasm between these bitter rivals in the … Read more
Angry Manchester United fans STORM onto the pitch at Old Trafford as thousands gather to protest against the hated Glazer owners, after others attempted to block the team bus from leaving the nearby Lowry hotel ahead of Liverpool showdown By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 14:28 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 14:38 BST, 2 … Read more
Gary Neville accuses club owners involved in the failed Super League project of ‘an attempted MURDER of English football’ as the former Man United star calls for Government legislation to stop the ‘imposters’ from doing it again Gary Neville once again fiercely owners involved in European Super League Six clubs in Premier League pulled out … Read more
Gary Lineker has described Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as ‘spectacularly tone deaf’ after the German called on TV pundits to ‘calm down’ in their criticism following the European Super League‘s dramatic collapse. The bombshell announcement of a breakaway league last weekend sent shockwaves around the world as fans, managers and players of the ‘Big Six’ clubs … Read more
‘Snakes? The insults were far worse than that!’ West Ham’s Karren Brady lifts lid on fiery meeting of Premier League’s furious 14 to fight European Super League plans as she says ‘trust has been vanquished’ with Big Six Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ attempted to join breakaway European Super League It led to the division’s other … Read more
Florentino Perez has warned that no club can leave the European Super League after signing binding contracts to participate and denied JP Morgan have pulled their backing to fund the competition. Speaking out yet again after a flurry of clubs withdrew, Perez – who heads the controversial competition – slammed teams for ‘manipulating our project’ … Read more
Premier League clubs ‘want Rangers and Celtic to join new British Super League’ as Big Six continue to push for reform of top flight despite embarrassing retreat from breakaway European Super League By David Wood for MailOnline Published: 23:53 BST, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 08:38 BST, 22 April 2021 Celtic and Rangers are wanted … Read more
So we start with a blank sheet of paper, and on it we write: ‘[INSERT NAME] is a football club playing in the English football pyramid, and, as such, can only participate in competitions sanctioned by the English Football Association, UEFA and FIFA. ‘Any agreement or attempt to participate in a competition not recognised by … Read more
In the space of just 48 hours, the JP Morgan-backed European Super League went from being primed to end football as we know it to meeting its own end in a flurry of big-name clubs pulling out. ‘Betrayals’, ‘snakes’, ‘liars’ – this saga has torn the sport apart, killed relationships between executives who were close … Read more
‘Boy, that escalated quickly’: Social media revels in the whirlwind collapse of the European Super League with brilliant memes laying into the humiliated clubs and their clueless owners Social media wasted little time in mercilessly ripping the Super League concept Now nine of the 12 ‘founding member’ teams have withdrawn from the league Fans, former … Read more