Super Leagues and the fall out
On Sunday Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Miland, and the "big six" EPL teams announced their intentions to leave the UEFA run Champions League, in favour of a new "European Super League". The plan was for the founding 12 members to be joined by another 3 permanent clubs and then invite five teams into the tournament each year. This plan lasted round about 48 hours before it started to crumble under the outrage of the footballing world. Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, PSG & Porto were quick to distance themselves from the plans. UEFA and FIFA called for the clubs to re-think their intentions. Downing Street informed the world they would work on legislation to prevent this going forward. Thankfully the outrage and disgust from the footballing world, and us "legacy fans" in general, was enough to see teams like Chelsea and Man City make a quick U-turn. From what I understand those two teams were the last of the orig...