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European football is facing a historic split due to the plans of twelve top clubs from Italy, Spain and England for a Super League.
The press reviews:
Great Britain
The Sun:
"Who, besides the billionaires themselves, thinks that a meaningless Super League - which would destroy the Champions League, the Premier League and our minor leagues, let alone those in Spain and Italy - is a good idea?"
The Telegraph:
“Florentino Pérez, Andrea Agnelli and Joel Glazer are now employed as the driving forces behind the worst idea in the history of European football.
The chairman and the two vice-chairmen of the newly formed European Super League (ESL) are leading the latest foray in the zombie apocalypse of football in search of fresh meat - because even the last two decades of huge revenue growth in broadcasting rights have never had them enough. "
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The Independent:
"The European Super League is a grotesque betrayal of football"
Daily Mirror:
"This so-called Super League not only has to fail, it has to be chased out of the sport forever."
The Times:
“There is nothing that can prevent national associations from fielding players from certain clubs for their national teams.
That would greatly reduce the lure these breakaway clubs represent to players.
But above all there are the fans, the true guardians of the magic of football, without whose support the new league cannot be successful. "
"Now it's war," headlines the "Evening Standard"
Source: Evening Standard
The "Daily Star" writes of "shame"
Source: Daily Star
"The fight for our game", headlines the "Daily Mirror"
Source: Daily Mirror
Italy
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La Gazzetta dello Sport:
“Stop it!
This is the call to the rebels from Draghi to Uefa. "
La Repubblica:
"The civil war in European football, triggered by a declaration filed during the night by twelve renegades with serious economic difficulties, marks the final break between two ways of living and understanding this sport."
Corriere della Sera:
“It took a revolution in football to trigger a unified reaction from Europe, concluded in the condemnation of a split by the newborn Super League.
This is wanted by twelve of the richest clubs, to the detriment of all other teams, so many small and large cities, municipalities and, above all, tradition. "
Spain
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La Vanguardia:
“That economic reasons are in the foreground is also shown by the rise in the prices of the participating English clubs on Wall Street and that of Juventus on the Milan Stock Exchange.
These clubs have been trying for years to create a semi-closed competition in the style of the NBA, which guarantees them money and financial stability. "
Denmark
Politiken:
“Uefa has had ample opportunity to introduce the regulation which, paradoxically, is a motor in the closed American leagues.
A salary cap and an inverted hierarchy of signing contracts with new players have created a desired level of equality, to say the least, without standing in the way of tremendous growth. "
France
Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace:
“The world of football must therefore discover, full of amazement and anger, that it is ruled by money.
What a surprise, what a reveal!
After the Super League project was announced a few years ago, it is now starting to grow and prosper - and is nothing more than the result of a corrupt system. "
Belgium
De Standaard:
“The heads of twelve top football teams from Spain, England and Italy have formed the most hated club in Europe since yesterday.
With their bold plan to create a new competition - the Super League - they have drawn the grudges of the football federations, national associations, other clubs, their own supporters and politicians.
So much greed for money is unprecedented, so the general tenor.
But it is almost certain that football is on the way to becoming a commercial model based on the American model. "
Russia
Nezavisimaya Gazeta:
“It is probably too early to say that the revolution has already happened.
But the process has started.
Both sides - the Uefa and the Super League - have brought out heavy artillery, so they have to find a compromise one way or another. "
Hungary
Magyar Nemzet:
“Today Europe is perhaps at the center of the world with a single activity, with a single branch of industry: football.
That pride has its price.
On the one hand it can be measured in billions of euros, on the other hand the national idea lost another battle.
Because there is no doubt about that, the super league will come. "
Switzerland
Tages-Anzeiger:
“The establishment of the ESL leads to an enormous ordeal in football.
Uefa fears for their competition, an increasingly watered down Champions League.
It is to be hoped that it will prevail and exclude the clubs from the national championships.
Just as you want the honest support of Fifa to keep players away from the World Cup who take part in this project.
Because there is one thing above all in the megalomania of the ESL: the attack on the national leagues and thus on the basis of football. "
Austria
Kronen Zeitung:
“So is the end of the number one world sport really approaching? Yes, Florentino Perez is also convinced. However, that's exactly why the Real Madrid president wants to pull through the Super League. Perez is planned as the big boss of the new competition. "