Huge backlash against 12 European football clubs' plans to form super league
Ahmed Kaballo
Press TV, London
The British government says it will take whatever action necessary, including legislative options, to stop plans for a European Super League. This adds to widespread backlash to the proposals that have caused shock waves in the footballing world that at least 12 of Europe's top clubs are preparing to form a breakaway football league.
It's not often that a football story dominates the news cycle and even less often that fans, politicians and former players throughout the UK and Europe are united in their opposition to a proposal put forward by some of biggest clubs in European football.
But this is exactly what has happened with the announcement that Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham have agreed to join a breakaway European Super League.
The six Premier League clubs will be joined by AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid.
The move has been condemned by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as well as the British opposition leader, Kier Starmer.
Johnson on Tuesday morning said he was prepared to drop a “legislative bomb” to stop the Super League in its tracks adding "No action is off the table."
European football body UEFA, in a joint statement with the English FA, the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A, blasted the plans and did not rule out taking legal action over the proposals, insisting players involved would be banned from all other competitions at domestic, European or world level and could be prevented from representing their national teams.
FIFA and the European Club Association (ECA) have also criticized the creation of a breakaway competition.
Before a ball is even kicked, each of the founder clubs is set to share in a pot of at least 3.5 billion euros with many football fans feeling this to be the primary motivation for the clubs involved.
It can't just be a coincidence that six out of twelve clubs involved in this breakaway European Super League are from the British premier league, after all since the emergence of foreign-based oligarchal football owners English football has become a billionaire's playground.
So it's hardly surprising that they have taken this decision to put financial profits first and foremost above all of over considerations.
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