They never really wanted it and it was largely aimed at overcoming their inbuilt advantage

The superleague is (was) largely a reaction to their owners' bottomless pit of spending money. Trying to keep up with it is what has bankrupted Real/Barca/Juventus and stopped the US owners of Arsenal/Man U /Liverpool making the big profits they bought their clubs for.

Posted By: mr carra on April 21st 2021 at 10:47:28

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Interesting that Man City & Chelsea pulled out first when (Other Football) - canary_wharf, Apr 21, 10:42:48
- Threatened with Champions League expulsion at semi-final stage (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 21, 11:14:22
  - This. They'd have been kicked out Friday, reportedly (Other Football) - Old Man, Apr 21, 11:20:10
- They never really wanted it and it was largely aimed at overcoming their inbuilt advantage (Other Football) - mr carra, Apr 21, 10:47:28
  - Exactly this. The whole thing was driven by those who are falling behind (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 21, 10:52:22
    - FOMO (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Apr 21, 12:01:31
    - Yep,Barcelona and Real are mega skint. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 21, 11:03:58
      - Largely because they're fan owned (Other Football) - mr carra, Apr 21, 11:19:01
    - The US owners were all in cahoots together over this (Other Football) - mr carra, Apr 21, 10:59:04
      - fair point, re the need to co-ordinate. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 21, 11:17:30
        
        very foolish - last won a title in 1961 !! (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 21, 11:25:17
      - Yep,they'd been talking about the influx of yank owners (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 21, 11:05:03

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