– with reforms set to be confirmed on Monday – would head off the formation of a Super League.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, the 12 sides involved in the Super League do not think the reforms go far enough.<\/span><\/p>\nThey said the global pandemic has “accelerated the instability in the existing European football economic model”.<\/span><\/p>\n“In recent months, extensive dialogue has taken place with football stakeholders regarding the future format of European competitions,” they added.<\/span><\/p>\n“The founding clubs believe the solutions proposed following these talks do not solve fundamental issues, including the need to provide higher-quality matches and additional financial resources for the overall football pyramid.”<\/span><\/p>\nWhat is the proposed format?<\/h3>\n The league will have 20 teams – the 12 founding members plus the three unnamed clubs they expect to join soon and five sides who qualify annually according to their domestic achievements.<\/span><\/p>\nUnder the proposals, the ESL campaign would start in August each year, with midweek fixtures, and the clubs would be split into two groups of 10, playing each other home and away.<\/span><\/p>\nThe top three in each group would qualify for the quarter-finals, with the teams in fourth and fifth playing a two-legged play-off for the two remaining spots.<\/span><\/p>\nFrom then on, it would have the same two-leg knockout format used in the Champions League before a single-leg final in May at a neutral venue.<\/span><\/p>\nThe ESL says it will generate more money than the Champions League and would result in a greater distribution of revenue throughout the game.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat do the Super League leaders say?<\/h3>\nJuventus and AC Milan have signed up to the breakaway league plans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nReal Madrid president Florentino Perez is the first chairman of the ESL and says “we will help football at every level”.<\/span><\/p>\n“Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\nJuventus chairman Andrea Agnelli has resigned from the Uefa executive committee and as chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), which had pushed the planned Champions League reforms.<\/span><\/p>\nHe said the 12 clubs had “come together at this critical moment, enabling European competition to be transformed, putting the game we love on a sustainable footing for the long-term future”.<\/span><\/p>\nManchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer will be a vice-chairman of the Super League.<\/span><\/p>\nHe said: “By bringing together the world’s greatest clubs and players to play each other throughout the season, the Super League will open a new chapter for European football, ensuring world-class competition and facilities, and increased financial support for the wider football pyramid.”<\/span><\/p>\nWhat has been the reaction?<\/h3>\n Essentially, widespread condemnation from anyone not involved in the proposed league.<\/span><\/p>\nJohnson said the plans will be “very damaging for football” and France’s President Emmanuel Macron welcomed French clubs refusing to join.<\/span><\/p>\nUefa released a joint statement with England’s Football Association, the Premier League, the Spanish Football Federation, La Liga and the Italian Football Federation, as well as Serie A, saying they will “remain united” in trying to stop the breakaway, using “all available measures”.<\/span><\/p>\nThe ECA “strongly opposed” the league, while the Football Supporters’ Association said the plans were “motivated by nothing but cynical greed”.<\/span><\/p>\nAmong ex-professionals, former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy told BBC Sport the plans “sound soulless”, former Manchester United captain Gary Neville told Sky Sports he was “absolutely disgusted”, while former team-mate Rio Ferdinand said on BT Sport that the proposals will hurt fans the most.<\/span><\/p>\n‘The ultimate betrayal’<\/h3>\n Fan groups associated with all six English clubs are strongly opposed to the Super League.<\/span><\/p>\nLiverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) said they were “appalled” by the decision of Fenway Sports Group, the club’s US-based owner.<\/span><\/p>\nIn a social media post, SOS said: “FSG have ignored fans in their relentless and greedy pursuit of money. Football is ours, not theirs. Our football club is ours not theirs.”<\/span><\/p>\nChelsea Supporters’ Trust called the move “unforgivable” and said their members and “football supporters across the world have experienced the ultimate betrayal”.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Arsenal Supporters’ Trust called their club’s agreement to join “the death of Arsenal as a sporting institution”.<\/span><\/p>\nManchester City FC Official Supporters Club said the move showed “those involved have zero regard for the game’s traditions” and they were “determined to fight against this proposed Super League”.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Manchester United Supporters Trust had earlier said the proposals were “completely unacceptable” and the ESL “goes against everything football, and Manchester United, should stand for”.<\/span><\/p>\nTottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust said the ESL was a “concept driven by avarice and self-interest at the expense of the intrinsic values of the game we hold so dear”. <\/span><\/p>\nAnalysis<\/h3>\n BBC Sport’s Simon Stone<\/em><\/p>\nIf there was any lingering doubt over the desire of these 12 clubs to launch their own competition, it has been removed by their statement – reinforced by each of them through their own media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\nSo many questions remain unanswered.<\/span><\/p>\nChiefly, can they actually get their plan over the line given the strong resistance from Uefa and the leagues and associations of the countries concerned?<\/span><\/p>\nBut beyond that, who will the other three clubs be to make up the 15 founding members? Will Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain eventually join up? And how will the other five clubs be decided?<\/span><\/p>\nThese discussions will be fascinating. But right now, the clubs who have signed up to the European Super League have a public relations battle to turn around perceptions – because initial reaction has been overwhelmingly negative.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool and Manchester United are the two most successful sides in English football history Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new European Super League (ESL). 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