The Super League was born dead and buried Wednesday
The dream of "dissociation" lasted only 48 hours, and the European Super League turned into a project that was born dead after the English clubs announced on Tuesday they had withdrawn from its plans, prompting the founders to go towards a "restructuring", but that is now out of the accounts after the Spanish Atletico Madrid and Italian Inter Milan joined The list of withdrawals, coinciding with the recognition of Italian Juventus President Andrea Agnelli of the difficulty of moving forward with it.
And after the English Premier League clubs Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester City and Chelsea announced their withdrawal from the Super League on Tuesday night, Atletico Madrid and Inter joined them on Wednesday, to remain in the arena Real Madrid and Barcelona from the Spanish side and Juventus and Milan from the Italian survivor.
But with the president of the "old lady" Agnelli acknowledging that the project did not exist without English clubs even before Atletico and Inter decided to withdraw, this means that the Super League is history before it was born.
The six England giants were among the 12 founding clubs of this separatist league that was announced on Sunday night to compete with the Champions League, but the reaction to the scheme was harsh as politicians and football authorities threatened to take legal action against the so-called "dirty dozen", down to the threat. Banning clubs from participating in the national tournaments.
“Rebuilding the unity”
Manchester City was the first to withdraw, and said in a statement that “Manchester City Football Club can confirm that it has formally taken steps to withdraw from the group that is developing the plans of the European Super League.”
Slovenian European Union President Alexander Ceferin said he was "pleased" with City's decision.
"I am delighted to welcome City back to the European football family," he said in comments sent to AFP, praising the "great intelligence" and "courage" for this withdrawal.
Then came out Wednesday with the speech "rebuilding unity" within the old continent after "acknowledging the error," stressing that "moving forward is the most important now, rebuilding the unity that the game enjoyed before and moving forward together."
The public said his speech and
after the statements issued by Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool on Tuesday night, US President John W. Henry came out on Wednesday with a video in which he apologized to the "Red" fans for the role he played in launching the Super League.
Shortly after the withdrawal of the English clubs, the "Super League" organization announced in a statement that it "will reconsider the most appropriate steps to restructure the" competition project aimed at competing with the European Champions League, "but Agnelli's position Wednesday, according to his close associates, was a bullet of mercy in his admission that the project is not. He could see the light after the withdrawal of the English clubs.
On a dramatic day par excellence, Manchester United announced Tuesday that club executive vice president Ed Woodward will step down at the end of 2021.
Coinciding with Ceferin’s saying that it is not too late for the 12 clubs to admit that they have made a mistake and that “there is still time to change your mind. Everyone is making mistakes,” FIFA President Janie Infantino threatened Tuesday that the dissident clubs "must bear the consequences of their decisions."
The Swiss said, "It is our duty to protect the European sport model, and therefore if a group decides to go its way, it must bear the consequences of its choices."
"Premier League and AD Super League in its cradle" On
Tuesday night, decisive in the very short life of the Super League, nearly a thousand fans of English clubs put their opponents in the Premier League aside and took part in a protest rally outside the "Stamford Bridge" during the match between Chelsea and Brighton, which ended negatively, against " Split "from European football.
Banners reading "Let football rest in peace 1863-2021", "Founded by the poor, stolen by the rich," and "Roman Do what's right" were displayed in a letter to Chelsea's Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.
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