'Super League', A Breakaway Tournament To Be Introduced By The Elite European Football Clubs
- by Abin George
- a year ago
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A total of 12 major European football
clubs have agreed to form a new competition, 'The European Super League' which
would be governed and looked upon by its 'founding clubs'. The proposal looks
to modify the structure, the relationships and most importantly the revenue
that has been in practice since centuries. After months of secret meetings and
discussions teams that include the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester
United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Juventus and
A.C Milan to name a few have reportedly sent out the message on Sunday.
The proposal is to organise a midweek
tournament that will be competing directly with the UEFA Champions League. The
clubs argue that this change is needed in order to bring stability in these
severe times of pandemic. "We will take football to its prized
position" said Florentino Perez, the President of Spanish giants Real
Madrid who is also selected as the first Chairman of the 'Super League'.
The proposal also states that each
participating club will receive a whopping €3.5Bn to meet the requirements for
the competition. This amount is almost
four times that of the most prestigious European competition, ' The Champions
League'.
The major football bodies like UEFA and
FIFA have swiftly responded to block this proposal. FIFA stated that it won't
allow any players getting involved in the Super League to participate in any of
their competitions. This includes arguably the biggest sporting competition in
the world 'The FIFA World Cup'. UEFA also barred the league calling it a "cynical
proposal".
Football players and pundits have shown
their disagreements regarding the Super league. "This(Super League) is an
insult to my belief" said Lukas Podolski, former Arsenal player. Fans
across the world have turned down this giant project as it allegedly only focuses on money-making and destroys
Football's sense of simplicity. It will
be interesting to see how things pan out and how the footballing fraternity responds
to this massive proposal.