Rome (AFP) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and Juventus counterpart Andrea Agnelli were the biggest losers of the short-lived European Super League (ESL) fiasco which risks tarnishing the image of two of the most influential men in world football. Almost thirty years may separate 74-year-old Spaniard Perez, and Italian Agnelli, 45, but the pair […]

Dublin (AFP) – Euro 2020 matches in Dublin are unlikely to go ahead if UEFA continues to insist on minimum spectator levels, Irish deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said Wednesday. Varadkar told Today FM radio organisers are pessimistic about meeting UEFA's requirement they "commit to having at least 25 percent of the stadium full" in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid's players have expressed their "satisfaction" at the club's decision to withdraw from the European Super League project on Wednesday. "From the Atletico squad we want to communicate our satisfaction over the final decision to withdraw the commitment to the Super League project taken by our club," a statement by captain […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy's AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus on Wednesday followed all six English clubs as well as Atletico Madrid in giving up on the European Super League (ESL) while continuing to push for a change in world football. Italian champions Juventus, whose president Andrea Agnelli was one of the driving forces behind […]

London (AFP) – The two Milan giants and Atletico Madrid followed all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League on Wednesday, dealing a fatal blow to the project. The withdrawals by Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham came just 48 hours after the league's unveiling late […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy's AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus on Wednesday followed all six English clubs as well as Atletico Madrid in giving up on the European Super League (ESL) project while continuing to push for a change in world football. Italian champions Juventus, whose president Andrea Agnelli was one of the driving forces […]

London (AFP) – In just 48 hours, English football fans forced four billionaires, a Russian oligarch and an Emirati sheikh into a hasty retreat as the European Super League collapsed with the withdrawal of six Premier League clubs. The owners of Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham had signed up with six […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward failed in his high-stakes gamble to join a European Super League and the clock is now ticking on his tenure at Old Trafford. When he was a banker with JP Morgan — the US investment giant that was set to finance the ESL — Woodward once […]

Rome (AFP) – The proposed European Super League can no longer exist without the six English clubs who have pulled out, the entourage of Juventus president Andrea Agnelli told AFP on Wednesday. Replying to AFP's question whether "the Super League stops without the English clubs", the source replied in the affirmative, the day after Manchester City, […]

London (AFP) – Britain's government, exploiting a populist cause ahead of elections next month, is vowing no let-up in its pressure on England's biggest football clubs despite the implosion of a renegade European league. The abortive plan involving the "big six" Premier League sides brought about a rare display of bipartisan opposition from political parties […]

London (AFP) – Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan followed all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League on Wednesday, dealing a fatal blow to a project that prompted an incendiary reaction from supporters. The withdrawal by Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday, just […]

London (AFP) – Leaders of the breakaway European Super League were searching for ways to rescue the ill-fated project on Wednesday after all six English clubs pulled out and Italy's Inter Milan were tipped to follow suit. The withdrawal by Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, just two days after the […]

London (AFP) – British newspapers hailed a "defeat over greed" and a victory for fans on Wednesday after all six English clubs withdrew from the European Super League, leaving the controversial project in tatters. The Super League promised annual games between the world's richest clubs, which were guaranteed a spot each year and stood to earn […]

London (AFP) – Statements from all six English clubs after their withdrawal from football's proposed European Super League: – Arsenal – "It was never our intention to cause such distress, however when the invitation to join the Super League came, while knowing there were no guarantees, we did not want to be left behind to […]

London (AFP) – The proposed European Super League appeared dead in the water on Wednesday after all six English clubs withdrew following a furious backlash from fans and threats from football authorities. Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal were six of the 12 clubs that signed up to the breakaway competition that […]