Exactly this. The whole thing was driven by those who are falling behind

the 'bottomless pit' clubs (Man City, PSG, Chelsea). So either clubs in the premier league owned by people trying to make a profit, or clubs abroad (eg in Spain) who just don't have the revenue to keep up.

So the bottomless pit clubs faced a choice - either go along to avoid being left out (Chelsea, Man City), or stay out and gamble that it would fail (PSG). PSG made the better choice.

That said, the other prem clubs could easily have pulled out as quickly as Chelsea and Man City did, given it was obvious which way things were going by then.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on April 21st 2021 at 10:52:22

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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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