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    lol at Ed Woodward going over this after all the shit he has taken over the years.

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    Did this thing ever actually exist to the extent that it is possible to withdraw from it?

    Agnelli, Perez and Gazidis (I guess) seething their absolute bits off I would imagine. It would be beyond lol if UEFA booted everyone for a seaosn or so if for nothing other than scuppering Meeelan's first soujourn back into the top competition for god know's how many years (which has been the driving force behind their involvement in this/continual bleating about 'legacy clubs').

    Obviously there will be no actual sporting sanctions for anyone.

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    Watching this all collapse in real-time is fascinating. Far more entertaining than the actual competition itself would ever have been.

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    Well thats bullshit. Unless he had some direct role at the SL lined up.

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    Twitter is saying that all the English clubs have gone along with Barca and Atleti.

    So just the Italians and Real Madrid flying the flag.

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    It's brought Pogba Senior back.

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    Also Agnelli has walked from Juventus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    It's brought Pogba Senior back.
    He was using a different account for some reason. Hardly posted there either though

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    Doesn't Agnelli (or his family) own Juventus?

    Will all these clubs now be submitting their forms to rejoin whatever European club cabal they resigned from earlier in the week?

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Doesn't Agnelli (or his family) own Juventus?

    Will all these clubs now be submitting their forms to rejoin whatever European club cabal they resigned from earlier in the week?
    The family does, yeah.

    They'll probably just hire another from the family.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Agnelli

    Physiognomy remains undefeated.

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    There can't be many worse ways of trying to launch this than the one they went for. A child could have predicted this reaction.

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    Rumours that FSG might want out now as well. Can’t imagine the reception will be great for them when the crowds are back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    There can't be many worse ways of trying to launch this than the one they went for. A child could have predicted this reaction.
    Yeah but they are all psychopaths aren't they. They literally won't be able to understand what's gone on.

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    What a spectacular clusterfuck.

    This has probably set the idea of a super league - which people have always been talking about as 'inevitable' even if they hated the idea - back by decades. What a result.

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    Wait, so a bunch of teams announced yesterday that they would join a Super League, then one day later they are all like "nevermind, lol"? That is top planning, indeed.

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    Has Perez walked?

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    They should just make up some scam where the league pays the players directly, and set the league's office in some tax haven somewhere. They will forget about THE FANS within five minutes.

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    In all seriousness, if these clubs are worried about their pockets, they should really, really scale wages back and restructure the player contracts.

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    Looking forward to Perez's charred remains getting found outside the bunker by about 10pm at this rate.

    I presume that in reality either the clubs will now go away and plot to do something similar in a slightly less pathetic manner or collapse immediately without the cash coming in. Something must have made them shit the bed and go all out without even having the basic details like the 15 teams nailed down.

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    Graeme Souness: 'We're not America... Britain's a proper country... We are a proper country, and it's filled with proper people'


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    Their big problem is they're trying to present an alternative to a tried and tested organisation. Having the closed shop shoots that on sight. Then there's the obvious conflict of interests that come with appointing Perez as President.

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    I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall for the conversations that the John Henrys and Stan Kroenkes are having right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    You know all those ESL clubs will have been involved in the discussions and bringing this live/signing it off. It's not like it happened in a bubble.
    Of course, but not only was that the best UEFA could come up with, they were happy to sign it off too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    Their big problem is they're trying to present an alternative to a tried and tested organisation. Having the closed shop shoots that on sight. Then there's the obvious conflict of interests that come with appointing Perez as President.
    Tried and tested UEFA may be, but they're rubbish.

    I have a nap and all hell breaks loose. I've genuinely no idea what's gone on here. It's too farcical for words.

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    Still be around to fuck us for one more summer then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall for the conversations that the John Henrys and Stan Kroenkes are having right now.
    What they've done is basically the equivalent of if a couple of London tycoons bought NFL teams, wandered in and told America listen, lads, what we're going to do now is get rid of your super bowls and your conferences and instead we're having a pyramid system with promotion and relegation, and maybe a knockout cup. Sound good?

    The arrogance and stupidity is amazing. It's telling that only Henry, of the three, made his own money.

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    https://twitter.com/JHenderson/statu...97901079371778

    I like how they've turned Milner's words from that interview into some kind of slogan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    https://twitter.com/JHenderson/statu...97901079371778

    I like how they've turned Milner's words from that interview into some kind of slogan.
    Dreams can't be buy will be with us forever I think.

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    Fuck off you greedy cunts. Now to legislate and remove the fuckers.

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    I think the reason it's unravelled so quickly is to try and avoid that. Too late, though. I've lost quite a lot of interest in Chelsea over this. Why do it? Because you were scared of missing out on a cash grab? Pathetic. The entire boardrooms of all 12 clubs should get 10 year bans or something.

    The level of misjudgement is incredible. I think it could have considerable implications beyond football, too.

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    City are the only ones who have left officially.

    Seems the others are still deciding and/or have decided to keep going with the Super League.

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    If any of the clubs hang on to the concept then they are even more demented than I first thought.

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    "JP Morgan are good for the money, right?"

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    Banning them from competing in Europe would be delicious.

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    After Florentino Perez spent all of last night flapping his gums about how great a thing it was, it's hard work for him to back down really. As for the Americans, they will be sitting around genuinely mystified as to why no one agrees with them. Agnelli is a fucking idiot who should be thrown out of public life and made to sell ice cream in a piazza somewhere for the rest of his days.

    The others are just opportunists and/or idiots.

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    No English involvement in the ESL.

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    Last edited by randomlegend; 20-04-2021 at 10:00 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    I'd love them all to get a points deduction and for Arsenal to go down as a result.
    As an Arsenal fan I'd take a relegation if that is what is needed to get rid of Kroenke.

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    That statement is absolutely pathetic. There isn't a statement which can make right the basic betrayal at the heart of all this. It wasn't a 'mistake'. It was an attempt at ruthless greed which has blown up in their faces due to their own incompetence and lack of awareness.

    'Didn't want to be left behind', fuck right off. If Chelsea release a similar one they can go fuck themselves.

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    I genuinely can't wait to hear how Perez and Agnelli spin this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    That statement is absolutely pathetic. There isn't a statement which can make right the basic betrayal at the heart of all this. It wasn't a 'mistake'. It was an attempt at ruthless greed which has blown up in their faces due to their own incompetence and lack of awareness.

    'Didn't want to be left behind', fuck right off. If Chelsea release a similar one they can go fuck themselves.
    "The bigger boys made us do it"

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    "We're good guys, honest."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    I genuinely can't wait to hear how Perez and Agnelli spin this.
    Surely at least one of them's sending out for the whisky and revolver around now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    "The bigger boys made us do it"
    It's the most Arsenal statement you can imagine. I'm almost glad Liverpool gave it the cold and corporate single-paragraph job.

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    The Liverpool statement is genuinely amazing.

    Liverpool Football Club can confirm that our involvement in proposed plans to form a European Super League has been discontinued.

    In recent days, the club has received representations from various key stakeholders, both internally and externally, and we would like to thank them for their valuable contributions.
    Nothing about the sweet silver song of the lark, pity.

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    I'd assumed you'd only announce something like this if there was an actual plan. Apparently not. I'm actually staggered.

    If UEFA want to regain any semblance of control they should ban them all from Europe for five years.

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