{"id":1200928,"date":"2021-04-20T22:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1200928"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:27:55","slug":"super-league-news-clubs-pull-out-man-city","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/super-league-news-clubs-pull-out-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet shows no mercy as Super League plans start to crumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>That world-shaking tournament drawn up by 11 of the game&#8217;s biggest clubs (and Spurs) and formally announced on Sunday night already looks like it&#8217;s collapsing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two days later, Manchester City confirmed they have &#8220;formally enacted the procedures to withdraw from the group developing plans for a European Super League&#8221; in a 25-word statement. Then one of their own players made fun of the whole thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was quick lol<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aymeric Laporte (@Laporte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laporte\/status\/1384609895824207873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Super League chairman Florentino Perez&#8217;s interview on Spanish TV last night went down like a lead balloon and today, in addition to a scorching condemnation of the competition by both Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin and then later Pep Guardiola in a pre-match press conference, scores of other footballing figures spoke up against the competition, joining Gary Neville, who has been spewing invective at the idea of a Super League non-stop since Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? &quot;The sport is not a sport when the relation between the effort and the success, the effort and the reward don&#39;t exist, it&#39;s not a sport. It&#39;s not a sport if it doesn&#39;t matter if you lose.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola speaks about the idea of the &#39;European Super League&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDNIKaC3ih\">pic.twitter.com\/SDNIKaC3ih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football Daily (@footballdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1384490132179341317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8WIIUCHrH\">pic.twitter.com\/A8WIIUCHrH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcusRashford\/status\/1384494671129301002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then as the sun set, news began to filter through that Chelsea would follow Manchester City in pulling out of the competition. At the time of writing, there are unconfirmed reports that Atl\u00e9tico Madrid will do likewise and that the Super League itself might be disbanded already.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everton&#39;s 2020-21 Premier League title dream <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TynQ3hxItN\">https:\/\/t.co\/TynQ3hxItN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sharaf Juhayr (@Sharaf_LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sharaf_LFC\/status\/1384594582067838983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s spell as Lazio manager.<\/p>\n<p>Announced: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUbzFNUcif\">https:\/\/t.co\/HUbzFNUcif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resigned: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UO1vLLwhes\">https:\/\/t.co\/UO1vLLwhes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Ra1pVTaAz\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Ra1pVTaAz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Entwistle (@JakeEntwistle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeEntwistle\/status\/1384590904925859843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gary Neville&#39;s Valencia career.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4SgkS8U7kl\">https:\/\/t.co\/4SgkS8U7kl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jide (@drillzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drillzen\/status\/1384595481121021956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Essentially it&#8217;s kind of all happened at once, and as you can imagine, Twitter has gone wild.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Florentino P\u00e9rez at the next Super League meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3F16qRwohc\">pic.twitter.com\/3F16qRwohc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; macksnotmax (@macksnotmax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macksnotmax\/status\/1384610019845476352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Super League <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MB2wgTVmqW\">pic.twitter.com\/MB2wgTVmqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mega megalopolis fan (@samalcarez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samalcarez\/status\/1384580112151089152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CqNIKJuePC\">https:\/\/t.co\/CqNIKJuePC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jQNNYPBxf2\">pic.twitter.com\/jQNNYPBxf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Wright (@IanWright0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanWright0\/status\/1384564807660093446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SuperLeague<\/a> ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPvG28agWF\">pic.twitter.com\/aPvG28agWF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carra23\/status\/1384587722627682316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florentino Perez working on the super league <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wJ6zmp4hPc\">https:\/\/t.co\/wJ6zmp4hPc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wav\u00efsh ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@LavishLuka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LavishLuka\/status\/1384600525899927552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kroenke trying to justify himself when we have him against the wall. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKuarF58ih\">pic.twitter.com\/uKuarF58ih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Keshani (@MichaelKeshani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelKeshani\/status\/1384588626483458049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ma7rezx\/status\/1384573347514789893<\/p>\n<p>And as if things weren&#8217;t incredible enough, reports have emerged that Ed Woodward resigned from his position as executive vice chairman of Manchester United. Which set Twitter off again.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/GNev2\/status\/1384565631429890051<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phil Jones outlasted Woodward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vqzWXh1K5T\">pic.twitter.com\/vqzWXh1K5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alternative MUFC. (@AlternativeMUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlternativeMUFC\/status\/1384588586750816258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nicky Butt seems happy tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARJH8Ipzbh\">pic.twitter.com\/ARJH8Ipzbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonPeach\/status\/1384597171094315015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come on Joel let\u2019s be having ya ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gary Neville (@GNev2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GNev2\/status\/1384572950783963136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The rumour was then made official by United themselves. There are suggestions he was going to step down at the end of the 2021 anyway but although they don&#8217;t mention the Super League anywhere in the statement, it absolutely has to have been a factor in the timing of their announcement at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Liverpool players have all posted an image on social media stating their firm and unified opposition to the Super League. So even if Fenway Sports Group did not intend to pull out of the competition, the Liverpool players will not accept their involvement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see a future for the ownership of FSG at Liverpool,&#8221; said Jamie Carragher on Sky.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2ZFqJ9T4L\">pic.twitter.com\/X2ZFqJ9T4L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Henderson (@JHenderson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JHenderson\/status\/1384597901079371778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chris78Williams\/status\/1384598830163845127<\/p>\n<p>More rumours began circulating that Andrea Agnelli, one of the major driving forces behind the Super League, was set to resign from the club. However that was swiftly debunked (and never likely &#8211; Agnelli is part of a family that has controlled Juventus for almost a century).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Juventus denying Agnelli has resigned<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesHorncastle\/status\/1384586058214645762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile over in Catalunya, newly appointed president Joan Laporta had not said anything one way or another about the Super League. The club was even late to post confirmation and many wondered how Laporta would square his previous opposition to a Super League to joining one. Well, by keeping his counsel he may have ridden the storm out, and reports were coming in that he planned to leave to the Barcelona&#8217;s members to vote on whether or not they join the Super League (falling back on the democratic process which governs the club and thus ensuring he doesn&#8217;t have to be the one who makes the call).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">El <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCBarcelona<\/a> no entrar\u00e0 a la S\u00faperlliga si no ho aprova l\u2019Assemblea de socis. Aix\u00ed ho va fer constar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoanLaportaFCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoanLaportaFCB<\/a> en el document fundacional del nou gran projecte europeu de futbol. M\u00e9s info, al TNVespre, de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tv3cat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tv3cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Xavi Torres (@xavitorresll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xavitorresll\/status\/1384567710034677760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then finally it happened. After all the rumours, reports and memes; one of the Super League&#8217;s 12 Founding Clubs broke away as Manchester City became the first club to officially remove themselves from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicwenglish\/status\/1384604136432357376<\/p>\n<p>A move which was greeted with great joy by Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin: \u201cI am delighted to welcome City back to the European football family. They have shown great intelligence in listening to the many voices &#8211; most notably their fans.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Play Squawka Selector for Free (@Squawka_Live) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka_Live\/status\/1384605400138346500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the message taken from the Super League&#8217;s imminent collapse has to be that worker solidarity is the key to defeating vast engines of injustice. The Super League was a terrible idea, and by banding together; managers, players and fans from different clubs, even hated rivals, have managed to push back against the money-driven whims of a group of billionaires.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qYbrNb8Y89\">https:\/\/t.co\/qYbrNb8Y89<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rioferdy5\/status\/1384603870169604099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today&#39;s success should serve as a stark reminder of just how powerful the threat of witheld labour and solidarity is. <br \/>A lesson for the coming years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5mxZhI5eW\">https:\/\/t.co\/h5mxZhI5eW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Crony Island Baby (@paulewart23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulewart23\/status\/1384588667927375881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>P.S. don&#8217;t forget to have a chuckle at Florentino Perez.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florentino Perez today: <\/p>\n<p>How it started Vs how it&#39;s going: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/joAYSmxIh3\">pic.twitter.com\/joAYSmxIh3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DJ (@12456Dj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/12456Dj\/status\/1384609998962049026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That world-shaking tournament drawn up by 11 of the game&#8217;s biggest clubs (and Spurs) and formally announced on Sunday night already looks like it&#8217;s collapsing. 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