A BRILLIANT Twitter account mocking the failed European Super League has had football fans in stitches.
Named ‘Things that lasted longer than the ESL’, the account has almost 20,000 followers despite the breakaway league’s collapse on Wednesday.
The announcement of the proposed Super League was revealed on Sunday evening with 12 clubs included in the money-making ploy.
It sparked an instant fierce backlash from supporters, players, managers and the UK Government.
Chelsea and Manchester City were the first two clubs to pull out on Tuesday – after fans protested outside Stamford Bridge.
All six Premier League clubs later withdrew and began to issue grovelling apologies to their fanbases.
AC Milan, Inter Milan and Atletico also pulled out on Wednesday with Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli conceding the league was dead in the water.
So what has lasted longer than the ESL?
TV personality Gemma Collins lasted three days on her I’m A Celebrity stint.
In 2018, Leeds attempted to change their historic badge but were quickly ridiculed.
That idea last four days before the club decided to scrap the idea following a huge backlash.
Others include Tottenham’s ‘title charge’ when they sat at the summit of the Premier League for a grand total of 16 days.
And another brilliant comparison was the KFC crisis when the fast food joint famously ran out of chicken for three days in 2018.
In 2010, tennis players John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played the longest match in history that lasted three days at Wimbledon.
Prime minister Boris Johnson also had the British public on strings over Christmas by taking four days to backtrack on his promise of relaxing coronavirus rules around the festive period.
Despite the ridicule, deluded Real Madrid president Florentino Perez insists the idea is not dead yet.
He told Spanish radio show El Larguero: “If anyone thinks the Super League is dead, are they wrong? Absolutely.
“We’re going to keep working and what everyone thinks is for the best will emerge.
“The project is on standby. The Super League still exists.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
