Month: April 2021

8:19 AM ET The grandson of legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly has said he would be happy for his grandfather’s statue to be removed from outside Anfield in protest at the club’s European Super League (ESL) proposal. Liverpool announced that they would be the founding members of the breakaway league alongside AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico
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6:22 AM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino told the 12 breakaway European Super League clubs on Tuesday that they could not be “half in, half out” of the established football system and must face up to the reality of their decision. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United,
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6:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Clubs signed up to the new European Super League (ESL), including Manchester United and Manchester City, are fielding calls from players and agents worried about the implications of the bombshell plans, sources have told ESPN. A number of top players under contract at the six Premier League clubs signed up
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5:52 AM ET Real Madrid president Florentino Perez — chairman of the proposed breakaway European Super League — has suggested football matches should be shortened to win back the interest of new generations of fans. Perez, recently re-elected unopposed at Madrid for another four years, became the first senior figure involved in the Super League
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10:38 AM ET Reigning European champions Bayern Munich and the team they beat in last year’s Champions League final, Paris Saint-Germain, have released statements opposing the creation of a European Super League. Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Internazionale and AC Milan are the 12 founding
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7:19 AM ET The 12 rebel clubs planning to form a European Super League (ESL) are “ready for dialogue” with domestic leagues and UEFA, sources have told ESPN. With widespread hostility and opposition to the ESL proposal announced on Sunday from within football and also from political leaders such as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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