This is how the Super League came loose with Juve, Inter and Milan
How and why the Super League project is sinking
THE SUPER ALLOY LASTS 48 HOURS, THE PROJECT WASTE
In 48 hours the plan of Florentino Perez and Agnelli crumbles, pressure from Uefa and the protests of players, staff and fans are decisive.
Perhaps it is true that “romantic” football no longer exists, that of flags, that of presidents in love, that in which there was no Financial Fair Play or VAR.
The last 48 hours, however, have shown something different: football cannot be just maximization of revenues and ad hoc format to capture as many spectators as possible. Football is so much more.
LONDON CALLING
After the first rumors of a possible turnaround by some of the 12 founding clubs of the Superleague spread in the late afternoon, confirmation arrived in the night: the English clubs involved, namely Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea have officially begun the bureaucratic process to abandon the Superlega.
These clubs have been forced to take a step back after fierce protests from fans, on the web and in front of stadiums. Also yesterday, Chelsea fans showed up en masse in front of Stanford Bridge, the home of the Blues, preventing the team's bus from advancing towards the parking lot of the structure. The message was only one: no to the Super League.
Not only the fans, however, wanted to give a strong signal to the properties. Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp, who in the past had spoken very negatively about the possible creation of a cup for only a few elected clubs, said he was ready to resign if his management confirmed participation. to the Superlega. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, after having called a meeting with all the captains of the other 19 Premier League teams, also released a tweet in which he expressed the common sentiment of the players: “We don't like it and we don't want that to happen.
This is our position ”. However, the first team to formalize the abandonment of the Super League was the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola who, before the press release, at the conference, had expressed himself thus on the theme: "It's not sport if you can't lose".
In the evening came the comment of Ceferin, the president of UEFA, who welcomed Khaldun al-Mubarak's club with open arms: "Welcome back to European football"
REACTIONS IN ITALY AND SPAIN
The defection of the six English has complicated and not a little the plans of Florentino Perez who, only 24 hours ago, in the El Chiringuito program, had tried to reassure the founding clubs, threatened by the internal federations and by UEFA of being excluded from future national championships and from the Champions League already from the current season. Perez claimed that the Super League would have started anyway, even if some teams had abandoned the project. But after the British, as if by a domino effect, the perplexities of the Spaniards, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid also emerged.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta told the TV3 network that the Catalans would be part of the Super League only if the members had approved it, thus postponing the time for an official position. As for Atletico, however, no manager wanted to speak to the media, but sources close to the club ensure that it is only a matter of time before the Colchoneros also abandon ship.
In Italy it was rumored that Milan were the closest team to declare themselves out, but the first to take a formal step was Inter, with a statement reported by Ansa: "The Superlega project at present is no longer considered of interest. from Inter ".
The situation will be clearer in the coming days, when it will be understood if and how the clubs involved will be punished by UEFA, but one thing is now certain: at least for the moment, the Superlega project will be archived.
Now the ball goes to Ceferin who will have to be able to reform a new Champions League, richer and more interesting for everyone.
In the future, dialogue between the club and the institution will be fundamental in order to avoid situations of this kind where the losers are not individual teams or Uefa, but football and all the people who love this sport.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/ecco-come-se-slegata-la-super-lega-con-juve-inter-e-milano/ on Wed, 21 Apr 2021 06:19:39 +0000.