If they were testing the waters they have blown it in my opinion as they will be watched like a hawk (by their own fans amongst others). The fan led review will also have some teeth now. Lool at what the FSA have said today. I think this will be a watershed. It will result in the power of the majority increasing and those big six weakening. They wont be first on any development projects anymore. They just wont be trusted. As someone else said they can do what they like with champions league and europa, along with UEFA if they wish, so long as it maintains the pyramid. That is the central issue, it has to be an open shop. I would like them all to start with significant points deductions ahead of next season, along with some sort of suspended ban for 15 years that if they misbehave again they are out.
The key thing is to never again allow any individual from any of those clubs onto any of the Premier League internal, governing bodies. These clubs can never be trusted until they are completely purged of all those who currently own the clubs, and , although some might be innocent, all those who run them. That, plus four year ban from the CL, and a transfer ban. Oh, and chuck in a points deduction as well, make it 80 each.
The clubs made the money then dug themselves a hole by spending beyond their means on stupid contracts always aware that people like me and you will spend our hard earned on season tickets, shirts, telly subscriptions etc. It’s never enough though so we now have multiple shirts per season, ppv telly, overpriced beer and food in the grounds. It’s always us that coughs up, so when these players pipe up I can’t really sympathise with them. They earn in 1 week what I earn in years yet still want more & more, it’s greed right across the football spectrum.
I would say any punishments should be suffered by each of those owners, chief execs, etc, who were responsible for this whole affair. Can't they each be hauled before their national FA, Uefa and FIFA charged with bringing the game into disrepute? Could the FA find that these owners have demonstrably failed to stay within the bounds of 'fit and proper ownership' and order them settle club indebtedness incurred under them and to sell up? Of course, the biggest punishment is to complete the fan-led review of football properly.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said the failed European Super League (ESL) was a "closed chapter" after his side beat Aston Villa to move closer to becoming Premier League champions. City were one of 12 clubs to sign up to the breakaway ESL on Sunday, but withdrew on Tuesday after widespread criticism of the proposals, which would have seen no promotion or relegation and a split in English football. "As a club we accept and learn and focus on the reason why we're here," said Guardiola, whose side need eight points from five matches to become English champions for the third time in four seasons. "It's a chapter which is over, a closed chapter. I Dont think so
The FA need to introduce a restriction of players that can go out on loan to counteract the likes of Chelsea buying up youngsters and sending them out on loan . I think they had 30 out on loan last season - not sure about this season. Also something needs to be done about hoovering young talent from others academies - posibly if a young player has played for one club or acadamy then he/she cannot sign for another for x years? They need reigning in imo
germany has a different approach and makes fans have more say and access to matches so the general feelings are they have called for clubs to be banned which are English please log in to view this image The German football federation called Tuesday for the 12 founding European Super League clubs to be thrown out of their domestic leagues and European competitions. No German teams were among the initial group of breakaway clubs and reigning European champions Bayern Munich have distanced themselves from the plans. "The clubs and their junior teams should be excluded from all competitions, until they have a second thought for their many supporters who made them into the giants of world football, and not just think of their wallets," DFB president Fritz Keller said in a statement. A Super League, in which founding teams are guaranteed spots every year without the need for qualifying, "is something for the super rich and the super-scrupulous", Keller said. "The selfish behaviour of these 12 clubs has nothing in common with the game that we all learned to love when we were children." The DFB's position aligns it with UEFA, whose president Aleksander Ceferin said Monday that Super League teams would be banned from any other competition at domestic, European or world level. He also threatened that players involved would not be allowed to play for national teams, effectively banning them from taking part in European Championships and World Cups.
My love affair with City continues "Perez also claimed that there was one of the English clubs who were indifferent to the Super League the whole way through and that it was their disinterest which caused the other to get scared. While he did not name the club, when asked if it was Manchester City, he did not deny it. “There was someone in the English 6 clubs who did not have much interest. That started to affect the others, there was fear. One of the English clubs was never really convinced.” When pushed if it was City, Perez answered: “They were never interested.”"
He was on the news about it this morning, he seems to forget that’s only around £50m each but they are happy to pay one player £52m a year, what a bloody knob head also saying none of us can afford to by Mbappe now well funny enough there’s another 1000 clubs as well who can’t you stuck up idiot.
He's the definition of deluded. That being said, he claims that they were doing it for the fans so i guess the fans wi;; be happy to accept whatever punishment is decided
It was him that brought in the 'Galacticos' approach so, really, he has contributed more than most to inflated transfer fees and ludicrous spending policies by football clubs.
Perez is scum. He's arguing that smaller clubs are making money by earning the same as the bigger clubs. He's saying his club need more competitive matches. Stop irresponsibly outspending everyone then and level the playing field you batty twat.
What all this has shown is the Premier League is far and away the strongest league in the world. The Spanish and the Italians were desperate to leverage the English side's followings. The premier league should bear that in mind and make it right with the 14 clubs who value their place in the league as an honour.