LONDON – Experts believe that the plan to kill football started three-and-half years ago at the most popular restaurants, Locanda Verde in New York.
It was reported by the British media that in 2017, Liverpool owner John Henry, Arsenal chief Ivan Gazidis was spotted having lunch with Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and club-owning Glazer brothers Avram and Joel.
According to reports, at that time, many believed that the meeting could have been about the television rights because the three sides had been agitating for a greater slice of the pie.
However, experts now suspect that the project that has sparked a ‘nuclear war’ in the world of football may have been on agenda as well.
Could the experts be right?
Well, as the football world reacts in disgust at the plans to topple over the competitive spirit of the sport, these men have sat in silence.
Instead of sharing the pie equally between 20 Premier League teams, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United wanted a model like the La Liga, where Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, and Real Madrid - coincidentally also founder members of the Super League get more of the cash. All six are part of the 'dirty dozens' of clubs now signed up.
The extraordinary meeting re-emerged as UEFA's boss has slammed the billionaire 'snakes' and 'liars' behind the European Super League (ESL) as it was revealed that Boris Johnson will meet the FA, Premier League, the PFA and fans to assure them that he will be giving the billion pounds breakaway competition 'the red card' even though rebel clubs are signed up until 2046.
However, today, the respective clubs from England sent out statements about their withdrawal from the European Super League after receiving furious backlash from the fans, players, and pundits.
Manchester City and Chelsea led the way, followed by Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United.
At the same time, Manchester United executive vice chairman Ed Woodward resigned from his post as he was the first boardroom victim of the backlash after playing a key role in trying to set it up.
Earlier, outraged fans of the breakaway teams threatened to overthrow the mainly foreign billionaire owners of their clubs, and rival supporters set fire to their kits outside football grounds, Johnson weighed in having vowed to 'do everything' to stop it.
Meanwhile, banners were placed outside the respective stadiums of the Big 6, accusing them of 'killing football' and saying the beautiful game had been 'created by the poor and stolen by the rich'. The clubs involved are said to have signed 23-year contracts tying them in until at least 2046.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin turned on club leaders he called 'snakes' and 'liars,' singling out Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli and Manchester United vice chairman Ed Woodward for betraying him by reneging on a pledge to stick with the Champions League.
Ceferin, who is godfather of Mr Agnelli's daughter, said: 'They don't know s*** about solidarity. They spit in the face of football lovers. We didn't know we had snakes working close to us, but now we know'.
The row that threatened the most seismic change to English football in decades, came as the involved teams would have been banned or had their points deducted and the respective clubs’ players could have been also banned from all its competitions, including the FIFA World Cup. – Agencies, April 21, 2021
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