Champions League restructuring

[sickbeggar]

So are Man City the only one to “officially” pull out?

Chelsea apparently pulled out this morning but are actually looking over the paperwork first, City, obviously not worried about getting sued.

Not sure you pull out of a deal and then look at the paperwork afterwards, hopefully they're fucked and signed up to a 20 year deal.

just what I read on the bbc site from "insiders". If city have gone now then i'm guessing its just a matter of time but I wouldn't blame them for running it past the lawyers again. I can't imagine the ESL could be arsed mind. Would take years to get to court.

[sickbeggar]

So are Man City the only one to “officially” pull out?

Chelsea apparently pulled out this morning but are actually looking over the paperwork first, City, obviously not worried about getting sued.

I thought Chelsea “indicated” they would be pulling out just this evening when the fans were protesting outside SB.

Said on the BBC site that Abramovich took the decision this morning for what its worth. *shrugs shoulders*

[Border villan]

Rats and ships?

[brontebilly]

A win for Man U fans with Woodward who they despised gone.

He was going in the summer anyway so not much of a loss, though I expect he was in for a fair old bonus if this super league kicked off

Former Glazer cheerleader, whiskey nose himself, leading the charge against the elitists....Mansour and Abramovich champions of the people's game, Boris Johnson coming out swinging....it's been a strange old day

[DB]

FSG looking to sell Liverpool according to several sources if ESL doesn’t go ahead.

Would make sense, a bit awkward staying on after all this.

[Meanwood Villa]

Thank fuck that seems to be over. Now let's spend a fuckton of cash so when it does happen we're one of the bastards pulling the ladder up.

Not for me.

It's monumentally shit even if we were to benefit from it initially.

I'd also argue any short term gain would be wiped out by the deadening predictability of it all. 

I wasn't being entirely serious.

Feel pleased that it seems to be unravelling so quick but now I'm just thinking how shit the current system is!

[Louzie0]

Whoever rises to the top in the other clubs ( except Spurs) was the one who masterminded this.
Who also has a link to JPMorgan, about whose offer we will never hear another thing.


Unless the Spurs thing was another misdirect...


No.

[cdbearsfan]

Clyde win.
Villa Women avoid defeat.
Chauvin found guilty.
European Super League fucked.

Decent evening. 🙂

[PaulWinch again]

They won’t get any sort of punishment.

[SamTheMouse]

They're all still pricks. Shouldn't escape anyone's notice that Man City and Chelsea happen to be the two English teams still in with a good chance of winning the Champions League this season, a chance that would have gone up in smoke had they continued with their plan. And they're still owned by dodgy sportwashers.

I'm going to bed now. In an ideal world, when I wake up tomorrow these c***y clubs will have spontaneously gone bankrupt overnight.

[Louzie0]

Clyde win.
Villa Women avoid defeat.
Chauvin found guilty.
European Super League fucked.

Decent evening. 🙂

Seconded

[TonyD]

So far it’s only City that have officially pulled out.   Not total collapse.   Maybe the rest will brazen it out and look for new takers?

[cdbearsfan]

Struggling to think who else they could persuade.

I'm terms of the most viable:

Spain: Sevilla have already turned it down

Italy: Roma have denounced it

England: basically everyone has denounced it and the English clubs seem more scared of the backlash than anyone else

Germany: seems a total non-starter

Netherlands: Ajax have denounced it

Portugal: Porto said no

Russia: all balls deep in Gazprom money and they bankroll the Champions League

Is anyone going to be that excited if the best teams from Switzerland and Denmark start getting invited?

It's dead, I reckon.

[clash city rocker]

So far it’s only City that have officially pulled out.   Not total collapse.   Maybe the rest will brazen it out and look for new takers?

Think I may know of a club not too far away who might like to fill the gap. Low morals. You fill the position nicely  one slight problem. They have very rarely been outside the UK.

[cdbearsfan]

They have, and Liam Daish has the criminal record to prove it.