So Johnson challenges the big names in English football
How and why British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticized the birth of the European Super League (ESL), which has 6 teams from the top division of English football as founders
“A tear that damages football”. Thus the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson commented on the birth of the European Super League (ESL), which has as its founders 6 teams from the top division of English football: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham. Even in England the news caused a sensation and caused reactions that were anything but enthusiastic from the fans. It is doubted that the big interests: the pie to be shared is too high and the ESL matches are designed more for a non-European audience (read: Asian) than for local supporters.
With his speech, Johnson puts himself on the same wavelength as Middle England and beyond. Most people are not disappointed with two things: among the 6 English who will participate in the new Super League there is not a single team north of Manchester, in that Red Wall, Labor red wall, which the Conservatives won in the last elections; the cities that represent the 6 – London, Liverpool and Manchester – are quite clearly in the hands of Labor. The May 6 administrative elections should confirm Labor unions in all three. Wanting then to plumb the London boroughs, the Tories are competitive only in the Chelsea area: Tottenham (Haringey) and Arsenal (Islington) are red fiefdoms unassailable by Johnson.
The premier's exit is therefore far from free from political considerations. Though Johnson has never shown a clear love of football – other than when he dressed as a goalkeeper for a charity match where he didn't exactly remember David Seaman – leader Tory knows that British amateur and minor league football was. hit hard by Covid, and that precisely in areas where football is the local passion, clubs have risked – and risk – to close. As it happens, those areas often coincide with the north-east and the north of the country and with the constituencies sensationally won by the Conservatives on 12 December 2019.
Unfortunately, however, Covid has also hit with the revenues of the big names, which find themselves having to face significant losses especially in terms of box office revenues: tickets, medchandising and hospitality. The costs of the exorbitant wages of the roses are also a problem. Problem that with the entry of the funds, and of the investment banks supporting the ESL, the companies think they can solve. Twenty-eight years after the creation of the Premier League – the very first division of English football – the Premier League itself criticizes the birth of the new European championship by talking about the sporting values at the basis of football. As for UEFA, too late and too little credible. Meanwhile Johnson does his calculations: for a few years they have almost always been back.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cosi-johnson-sfida-le-big-del-calcio-inglese/ on Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:46:45 +0000.