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Originally Posted by Carth
There are 2 or 3 big names that resigned from high positions in the European football world so they could be chairmen etc of the new ESL . . . wonder how they feel now  |
Gutted for them.
Who's going to bail out the over-borrowed Real Madrid and Barcelona now that the Super League ruse looks dead in the water?
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Originally Posted by Chris
Good.
Despite being under foreign ownership, Liverpool has been very successful at fostering an image of being close to the fans. But Fenway must truly have a tin ear to have thought LFC fans would have applauded this, and once the fans, the players and even Klopp came out against it they really had no choice. To press ahead would have been to needlessly alienate a lot of people.
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They knew Klopp's view on the matter and I'm sure he was not the only one to speak his mind at that club.
I suspect the clubs had varying motives in joining. For Arsenal and Tottenham it must have looked like a passport to Europe whilst for Manchester City it may have been more of a ruse to get more out of the Champions League. And for the over-borrowed Spanish clubs, a financial rescue deal without the embarrassment of calling it that.