According to information provided by Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) on Twitter, the majority of those who own the 12 clubs involved in the European Super League concept are still invested in the idea.
We know, you’d hoped that mentions of the European Super League would dwindle and that this whole saga would soon feel like nothing more than a bad dream, but the fallout from the fiasco could be every bit as consequential as the plans themselves.
You saw at the Emirates last night, Arsenal fans marching in their thousands against the Kroenke family, in an effort to oust them from their club. That’s despite the Gunners having withdrawn from the European Super League earlier this week.
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The contempt that fans are feeling towards their respective clubs is not going away anytime soon.
Neither are the plans for the European Super League, or so it seems. While we hoped this nonsense was behind us, Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol’s sources tell him that many of the owners behind their clubs’ entry into the ESL are still invested in the idea of it materialising.
The owners of the majority of the 12 Super League clubs still think it is a good idea and are blaming each other and a poor communications strategy for why it failed. 1/4
— Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) April 24, 2021
Real Madrid and Barcelona believe Manchester City had doubts about joining form day one and their unease and reservations quickly spread to the other English clubs. 2/4
— Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) April 24, 2021
“Lots of them still think it’s a great idea,” a Premier League chief executive said. “The only thing they’re sorry about is that it’s turned out to be such a disaster.“ 3/4
— Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) April 24, 2021
“They are blaming each other and blaming their PR people for failing to get their message across. If we’re not careful they’ll do it more professionally next time.” 4/4
— Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) April 24, 2021
Either Solhekol’s source is the bitter and deluded Florentino Perez, who’s locked himself in a room and told himself everything’s going to be okay, or this problem remains and will do so until the owners in question are chased out of their clubs.
Either way, the so-called European Super League is not going away anytime soon.