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      British Super League planned secretly with Rangers and Celtic joining Premier League giants Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal

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      CELTIC and Rangers are wanted to join an all-BRITISH League as part of the fall-out from the failed Euro Super League breakaway plot.While the Big Six led the humiliating retreat from the Super League debacle, they are still convinced that reform of the Prem is essential.
      Rangers fans could soon be cheering on their side in a new British Premier LeagueCredit: AFP
      Celtic are also wanted to join the revamp as part of the fall-out of the failed Euro breakawayCredit: Getty
      The potential British Premier League is expected to get the green light from Fifa and Uefa
      Top of the list of plans being actively discussed is an offer to the two Glasgow giants to come and play south of Hadrian’s Wall.
      And unlike the Super League shambles which was condemned globally, it’s likely an enlarged Premier League including the Old Firm would be BACKED by Fifa, Uefa and the UK Government.
      Celtic and Rangers would jump at the chance to take a slice of the Prem cake, while their inclusion would also see a spike in interest from fans across the world, sponsors and broadcasters.
      Even the pair’s SPL rivals are thought likely to be willing to wave goodbye to the two dominant forces north of the border, because it would give them a realistic chance of winning the title and the chance to qualify for the revamped Champions League.
      One club source said: “Whether or not the Super League was going to happen, we all feel that the Premier League has to be changed and improved.

      “It is time we opened it up to Rangers and Celtic. That would make sense for everyone.”
      Reform of the Prem has been a huge discussion point since October’s publication of the Project Big Picture plans drafted by Liverpool and Manchester United.
      Prem chief executive Richard Masters was forced to agree to a “strategic review” of the competition’s future, conceding “the status quo is not an option”, which was conducted by US-owned Boston Consulting and is due to report back in June.
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      What the British Super League will mean for football

      But while the Big Six were battered by the ESL backlash, they believe the wind is in their sails over the need for change.
      In addition to the Rangers and Celtic plan, one other idea is an end of season top four play-off, similar to that in rugby union and rugby league.
      But they are also still pushing, firmly, for a reduction to the 18 team league that was envisaged at the outset of the Prem when it was formed three decades ago.
      Another club chief added: “We have never wavered from the belief that 18 clubs is the only sensible way forward.
      “It is also what Uefa, Fifa and the European Club Association have long called for.”
      That may be a proposal too far for the 14 members of the ‘left behind club’ who ganged up to help win the Super League battle with the Big Six.

      But unlike the doomed Super League, there would be global backing for a British League.
      Fifa President Gianni Infantino gave his blessing for cross-border leagues when asked about proposals for mergers between Holland and Belgium and Mexico and the MLS.
      Infantino said: “If we want teams to play at the highest level around the world we need to have new ideas and we need to see that.
      “I am confident the best decisions will be made in that regard but any mergers must be done with respect to the rules.”
      And while PM Boris Johnson launched into the Super League debate by insisting he would throw every possible obstacle in the way of the changes, the prospect of including Rangers and Celtic in a cross-border UK league would be a potential factor in the fight against the proposed second Scottish independence referendum.
      Ibrox and Parkhead supporters, excited at the prospect of locking horns with England’s big guns, might be tempted to strengthen resistance against the SNP-led breakaway plans.
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      Hated Arsenal chief Josh Kroenke to be grilled by fans TODAY with fiery Q&A expected after Euro Super League protests

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      ARSENAL director Josh Kroenke WILL appear at an online fans’ forum this afternoon.The meeting was initially postponed following the European Super League announcement that caused uproar last weekend.
      Josh Kroenke will be grilled by fans this afternoonCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Arsenal fans are furious with the KroenkesCredit: AFP
      Following passionate protests, the ESL crumbled, but supporters are still demanding answers from those in charge.
      The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust demanded that Kroenke or his father Stan be present at the fans’ forum, as it was they who signed off on Tuesday’s ‘apology’.
      They tweeted: “Yesterday the AST along with most supporter forum members sent the following to Arsenal: The statement issued by Arsenal clearly signs off as the ‘Arsenal Board’.
      “As we know, [chief executive] Vinai Venkatesham is not on the board so who from the board will be joining us on Thursday to apologise and justify their decisions over the last few days?
      “We expect Stan Kroenke or Josh Kroenke to be present – and if they really are sorry, they can tell us themselves. It’s been confirmed that JK will be attending. We’ll be telling him exactly what we think!”
      The Kroenkes are desperately unpopular Arsenal, with Stan having shown little interest in improving the team’s results during his tenure.
      And Josh is expected to be grilled by supporters this afternoon.
      On the agenda will be whether financial penalties on the club incurred by their attempted breakaway will be covered by the Kroenkes – or be yet more money taken out of Arsenal’s coffers.

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      Protests have appeared outside Emirates StadiumCredit: Alamy
      A full scale protest is expected on Friday nightCredit: AFP
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      Banners and signs in protest at the Kroenkes’ ownership of the club have rapidly appeared in the days since Sunday’s shock announcement.
      And Gunners fans are planning another protest outside Emirates Stadium before tomorrow night’s clash with Everton.
      Supporters of other ‘Big Six’ clubs have been equally unhappy with their own boards.
      A group of Manchester United fans stormed their Carrington training complex this morning, armed with banners featuring messages including ‘Glazers Out’.
      And in the hours before the ESL’s collapse, Chelsea fans blocked the players’ entrance to Stamford Bridge prior to their 0-0 draw with Brighton.
      Similar messages of discontent have sprung up outside Tottenham Hotspur against their owners Enic.
      Liverpool and Manchester City owners haven’t escaped supporters’ wrath, either.
      And it shows that the soul of this sport belongs to the fans – and that’s itMikel Arteta
      Ahead of tomorrow’s clash with the Toffees, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said: “I think this has given big lessons and it shows the importance of football in the world.
      “And it shows that the soul of this sport belongs to the fans – and that’s it. During this pandemic, for a year, we have been trying to sustain this industry with no fans in the stadium.
      “But, when the fans have to come out and talk, they’ve done it really loud and clear, and they sent probably the strongest message that has ever been sent in the football world.
      “And every club, leaving their interests apart, has done the right thing – which is, they are the ones (the fans), we have to listen to them, we put it aside and in 24 hours we kill the project.
      “So that is a massive statement for the history of football.”

      Mikel Arteta has praised the unity of football supporters this weekCredit: PA
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      Premier League Big Six owner ‘close to putting club up for sale and throwing in towel’ after Euro Super League protests

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      ONE owner of the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ is reportedly close to ‘putting his club up for sale’ over the European Super League farce.The world of football recoiled late on Sunday when the two Manchester clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool announced they had signed up for a breakaway European league.
      Furious fans protested outside the stadiums of the ‘Big Six’Credit: Reuters
      Owners beginning to sit up and take notice. Hearing one owner close to throwing the towel in and putting his club up for sale— Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) April 22, 2021

      But 48 hours later all six pulled out of the deal amid furious backlash from fans, former players and the press.
      The owners of all six then released statements apologising for their actions.
      Now, according to Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol, one money man is ready to walk away.
      He tweeted: “Owners beginning to sit up and take notice. Hearing one owner close to throwing the towel in and putting his club up for sale.”
      Chelsea were the first to break ranks after fans gathered outside their Stamford Bridge ground to voice their anger, with Manchester City following soon after.
      Then Spurs, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal all announced they were quitting the project hours later.
      Meanwhile, the Premier League held a crisis meeting without the ‘Big Six’, where the remaining 14 clubs “unanimously and vigorously rejected the plans” for the rebel league.
      The Super League shambles was condemned globally with fans joined by football execs and even politicians such as Boris Johnson and royalty in Prince William.
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      Chelsea fans protested before their game against BrightonCredit: Reuters
      Fans were furious at the ill-conceived plansCredit: Reuters

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      Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid followed the Premier League clubs’ lead on Wednesday morning, with AC Milan doing so in the early afternoon.
      Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli then admitted the ESL ‘cannot go on’.
      Barcelona have backtracked and said a decision cannot be made without a vote, leaving ringleaders Real Madrid as the only team left pushing for it.
      Sources claimed Chelsea and Man City had been reluctant to sign up in the first place.

      Tottenham supporters made their feelings perfectly clearCredit: Getty
      With public fury clear, broadcasters including Amazon Prime, Sky and BT hastily distanced themselves from the Super League project.
      SunSport has exclusively revealed that plans are in place for Celtic and Rangers to join an 18-team British top-flight after the European Super League crumbled.
      And unlike the Super League shambles which was condemned globally, it’s likely an enlarged Premier League including the Old Firm would be BACKED by Fifa, Uefa and the UK Government.

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      Man Utd fans have let club down just like Glazers by storming training ground… there are better ways to force a change

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      THERE is a way to protest and make feelings known and this isn’t it.The Glazer family let Manchester United down in the week, but so have the fans who stormed the training ground and broke onto private property.
      A selection of Manchester United fans blocked the entrances to Carrington on ThursdayCredit: MEN Media
      The real anger should be aimed at the Glazers, says Tom McDermottCredit: PA
      What did they think was going to happen? Joel Glazer to appear and hand over the keys?
      It wasn’t Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the players’ decision to join the European Super League, it was the board led by Joel Glazer.
      So, what can we do? Have a demonstration that doesn’t break the law outside of Old Trafford. What about starting a group to organise a takeover?
      Anything but disrupt the place where players are preparing for an important game against Leeds United.
      The European Super League has gone.
      There was never a right time to do this but if there was, it would have been Sunday or Monday when the news broke.
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      There are several supporters on social media that because they go home and away, feel like they’re the unofficial voice of all Manchester United supporters – they aren’t.
      Most are sensible, intelligent human beings.
      I question the intelligence of these individuals.
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      Fans’ hilarious ‘things that lasted longer than European Super League’ page including Gemma Collins’ I’m A Celeb stint

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      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.
      Chelsea fans protested the ESL outside Stamford BridgeCredit: Reuters

      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.”
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      English football could follow Germany’s fan-friendly 50+1 ownership model to avoid another European Super League crisis

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      GOVERNMENT officials are considering mandating English football to adopt the German model of majority fan ownership.Bundesliga teams must ensure at least a 51 per cent stake in the club is held by supporters – although there are exceptions.
      Borussia Dortmund are one example of a successful largely fan-owned clubCredit: Getty
      Premier League owners such as the Glazers have come in for sharp criticismCredit: PA
      The German FA (DFB) does not allow any side where more than 49 per cent is owned by private investors to compete, unless they can meet strict rules.
      For example, 75 per cent of Bayern Munich is owned by the supporters’ club and members vote on its president, with the remaining 25 per cent split between Audi, Adidas and Allianz.
      Any team owned by a single person or company was typically formed by that entity, such as car manufacturer Volkswagen, who founded top-flight club Wolfsburg in 1945.
      Should an investor hope to take majority control of a club, they need to have consistently invested for 20 years such as Hoffenheim chief Dietmar Hopp.
      Software magnate Hopp has nonetheless faced huge criticism from rival clubs for guiding the historically small club to European football.
      Introducing such a system to English football is being mooted following the European Super League debacle.
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      Clubs including Arsenal and Manchester United signed up to the doomed plot having failed to consult supporters or players.
      And UK Government culture secretary Oliver Dowden has refused to rule out implementing a fan ownership model.
      He told talkSPORT: “Naturally we’ve got to learn the lessons from the crisis in football financing during the Covid crisis.
      “We need to put this on a more sustainable footing.

      “For example in the German leagues they have a different governance structure so it’s right we look at those things.
      “The PM was good, I had a meeting with him and fans on Tuesday and he said we had to do whatever it took and that includes legislation and if legislation is required we’ll do that.
      “But the immediate legislation we were preparing to pull together was to deal with this immediate threat from this outrageous proposal.”
      Boris Johnson has stated that a ‘root-and-branch investigation’ will be overseen by former sports minister Tracey Crouch to review English football’s governance and to ‘promote the role of fans in that governance’.
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      WHAT IS THE 50+1 OWNERSHIP MODEL?
      German football clubs are mandated to be at least 51 per cent-owned by supporters.
      Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are both largely fan-owned with minority shares held by private individuals or companies.
      Some clubs are privately owned, if they are founded by a company (Wolfsburg, RB Leipzig) or an individual invests in the team for more than 20 years (Hoffenheim).
      Benefits include a greater say on club affairs, cheaper tickets and more transparency, although there have been challenges to the rules.

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      Deluded Florentino Perez claims Chelsea fan protest was STAGED as Real Madrid chief says Euro Super League is still ON

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      FLORENTINO PEREZ continues to cling on to his European Super League dream despite nine clubs pulling out.And the Real Madrid president sensationally claimed protests from Chelsea fans were STAGED.
      Deluded Sergio Perez can’t let go of the European Super LeagueCredit: AFP
      Fans crammed outside Stamford Bridge to make their voices heard – but Perez thinks it was fakedCredit: Reuters

      The Blues and Manchester City were the first two clubs to pull out of the money-making farce – much to the delight of Chelsea supporters who made their feelings known outside Stamford Bridge.
      Shortly after the protests began, all six Premier League clubs had withdrawn 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.
      But it appears Perez can’t let go of the doomed breakaway league.
      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.”
      ‘SAD AND DISAPPOINTED’
      Perez added: “I’m a bit sad and disappointed because we’ve been working on this project for three years.
      “There was someone in the group of six English teams who wasn’t that interested and I think that started to become contagious among the others.
      “There are people of a certain age involved and maybe they were scared because they didn’t understand anything that was going on.
      “We all signed a binding contract, but I don’t think that one of them was ever convinced.
      Chelsea fans protested outside Stamford BridgeCredit: Alamy

      “In the end, there was an onslaught from the leagues and the Premier League got fired up, so they said, ‘we’ll leave it for now’.”
      Perez then unbelievably suggested ‘somebody placed’ the Chelsea fans to start the protest.
      He said: “Who brought those Chelsea fans to protest? Someone moved them.”

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