{"id":589350,"date":"2021-04-19T13:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=589350"},"modified":"2021-05-06T21:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T01:44:51","slug":"european-super-league-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/04\/19\/european-super-league-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"There is Still Hope for the European Super League to Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the surreal news about the \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1384137782973456387\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nuclear war<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 that owners of some of Europe\u2019s richest clubs have started on football with the announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/04\/18\/what-is-the-european-super-league\/\" target=\"_self\">European Super League<\/a>, we can take some solace in the fact that they are unlikely to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Cause for Optimism During Football\u2019s Strangest Hour<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Proposal is Unlikely to Ever Be More Than a Proposal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u2018super\u2019 clubs involved in the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0proposal<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> believe the staggering figures involved in this league can remove any blocks in its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With everyone against them, it can\u2019t work. At least not in the way they want it to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of Europe\u2019s biggest clubs have taken a stand against the league already &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/31\/palmeiras-book-place-in-club-world-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/04\/07\/manchester-city-defeat-borussia-dortmund\/\" target=\"_self\">Borussia Dortmund,<\/a> and Porto are among clubs we know to be uninterested in joining this league. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/03\/thiago-silva-thomas-tuchel-sacking-was-foreseeable-at-paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> appears to be in the same boat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governing bodies like UEFA want to take immediate action. It is exploring options of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1384131697361317889\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">banning players from its competitions<\/span><\/a>. Jesper Moller, a Danish executive committee member, has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sgevans\/status\/1384179503191117830\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> that he expects <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/27\/thomas-tuchel-will-succeed-at-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a>, Real Madrid and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/12\/leipzig-sign-defender-angelino-man-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> to be expelled from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/03\/10\/andrea-agnelli-spirit-champions-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a> by the end of this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;I was a criminal lawyer for 24 years and I&#8217;ve never, ever, seen people like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has hit out at Ed Woodward and Andrea Agnelli after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> and Juventus signed up to the breakaway European Super League&#8230;\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wB4JnNsfe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wB4JnNsfe8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1384148369321332738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/19\/arsenal-talent-bukayo-saka-continues-to-impress\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a>, La Liga, and Serie A won\u2019t accept the proposal of this league. Each league will meet to discuss this issue in the coming days. Any negotiation that will bring them on board is unfathomable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a higher level than football, governments will take action against the league. Boris Johnson has claimed his government will &#8216;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1383865356364640259\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support football authorities in taking action&#8217;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The UK government could legally force compulsory sales of the clubs joining the breakaway league, as it would go against the interest of British business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The blocking from the opposition at the top of football\u2019s pyramid will be relentless until the proposal is unattainable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>If the European Super League Can Start, it Won\u2019t Last<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, for this league to work, the clubs would need to have enough fans on board. While the huge money <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/apr\/19\/jp-morgan-european-super-league\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by JP Morgan is a promising start for the league, if enough fans oppose the league, it can\u2019t continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The owners of these clubs have shown themselves to be incapable of doing that. They are so out of touch with their clubs\u2019 fans it is hard to imagine them appeasing the supporters. The damage they have done with this announcement appears irreversible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within a day of the news breaking, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyKaveh\/status\/1384112955906686985\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">admissions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as the following from a board member from one of the Super League clubs was stated: \u201cTheir job is to maximise profits. The wider good of the game is a secondary concern&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The admitted lack of interest in anything but the revenue at the top of the football pyramid won\u2019t sit well with spectators. The business of these clubs relies on the connection their fans feel with them. The arrogance of the clubs\u2019 owners in not realising that cutting off that connection could <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">destroy their businesses is shocking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why this news is so surreal. The people at the top of football don\u2019t even understand the sport they are running. They are banking on glamour-loving youth raised on FIFA Ultimate Team that don\u2019t affiliate with clubs, just players. They think they can use those fans to monopolise football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those fans are the minority, and won\u2019t sustain a \u2018super league\u2019, even if they are in favour of it. If this league can be legally created, it will almost certainly fail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unity they have created against them means these clubs should not win this \u2018war\u2019 they have started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"jSlTAoJgRvZKGvsq0U3vYQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1232266559\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jSlTAoJgRvZKGvsq0U3vYQ',sig:'uOExIFZgr3H3cI7ovcca1_zf4NhiE9XOyXVfwU_dLzM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1232266559',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the surreal news about the \u2018nuclear war\u2019 that owners of some of Europe\u2019s richest clubs have started on football with the announcement of the European Super League, we can take some solace in the fact that they are unlikely to win. 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