Tottenham have agreed to sign up for the closed tournament called the European Super League in direct competition with UEFA Champions League, leaving fans devastated.
#thfc on the European Super League: "We can confirm that we have joined 11 other European clubs in agreeing to form a new competition, the European Super League." | @SpursOfficial
— Daily Hotspur (@Daily_Hotspur) April 18, 2021
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They have joined Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in what is an unbelievable show of greed from the higher-up of the hierarchy at the club, with financial benefits obviously being the main benefit of joining the competition.
Daniel Levy knew this 10 years ago.
When did Spurs begin plans for a new stadium? 2009.
That’s when Wenger reported about the new Super League.The stadium is the only reason we qualify for this.
That’s why we never spent any money in the windows.
I’m shook.
— 🚀 (@blthfc) April 18, 2021
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Their official league statement said, “In exchange for their commitment, founding clubs will receive an amount of €3.5bn (£3bn) to support their infrastructure investment plans and to offset the impact of the COVID pandemic.”
While the likes of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain have so far turned the opportunity to join the competition along with other clubs in their respective countries, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid are the other six clubs to have agreed to join so far – with a further three clubs expected to sell their soul too.
Florentino Pérez, who is currently president of Real Madrid and will become the first chairman of the Super League, said: “We will help football at every level and take it to its rightful place in the world.
The European Super League could start as soon as August 2021. | @SkySport
— Daily Hotspur (@Daily_Hotspur) April 18, 2021
“Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires.”
His quotes, however, are in direct correlation of what the four billion fans want, and there is a very acute minority of fans who are actually behind these plans.
The betrayal of Tottenham Hotspur. THST statement on #ESL plans ⬇️https://t.co/NfJAUJzaz9#NoToEuropeanSuperLeague #StoptheGreed #EnoughIsEnough
— THST (@THSTOfficial) April 19, 2021
FIFA, UEFA and the FA as well as the Italian Serie A and Spanish La Liga have condemned the plans, and have warned that any team who has joined could receive sanctions and bans.
It is believed that the big six who have joined will be barred from competing in the FA Cup and potentially the Premier League too, while players who are playing for the club in the European Super League will be banned from representing their countries.
Our fingers remained crossed that Daniel Levy, the higher-ups at the club and ENIC realise their incredibly stupid errors in agreeing to enter into this farce, as plenty of our supporters look set to support different teams or their local clubs instead of Spurs.
“We must always consider our supporters, for without them there would be no professional football. It would be better to have more fans watching football the way they like it played, rather than have a few fans watching football the way we would like it played.” – Bill Nicholson