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๐ฃ #Mesut_Ozil: "Kids grow up dreaming to win the World Cup and the Champions League - not any Super League. ✊
"The enjoyment of big games is that they only happen once or twice a year, not every week. Really hard to understand for all football fans out there..." ๐
๐ฃ #Arsene_Wenger: “I would say it's a bad idea. Football has to stay united, it’s the most important thing. ๐ช
“It’s based on sporting merit and to respect the history that has been built from European football.
“I believe, personally, that this idea will not go far." ๐
๐ฃ #Lukas_Podolski: "An insult to my belief: football is happiness, freedom, passion, fans and is for everyone. ๐
"This project is disgusting, not fair and I’m disappointed to see clubs I represented involved. Fight against this!" ๐
๐#Luis_Figo ๐ต๐น: "This greedy and callous move would spell disaster for our grassroots, for women’s football and the wider football community, only to serve self-interested owners who stopped caring about their fans long ago and have complete disregard for sporting merit. Tragic." ✊
Ander Herrera becomes one of the first players to speak out against Super League plans. ๐
๐ฃ "If this #EuropeanSuper League advances, those dreams are over." ๐
#Ander_Herrera has given a passionate criticism of the plans ๐ก
#Borussia_Dortmund have released a statement confirming the club are against the Super League ❌
CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke says #Bayern_Munich "shared exactly the same stance throughout all discussions" ๐ค
#Spurs statement: "The Club can today announce that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have been relieved of their duties." ✍️❌
Tottenham have confirmed 29-year-old Ryan #Mason is taking first-team training today following Jose Mourinho's dismissal ๐จ๐ผ
๐#Daniel_Levy: “Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a Club. ✊
“He will always be welcome here and we should like to thank him and his coaching staff for their contribution." ๐
๐จJulian #Naglesmann and Brendan #Rodgers lead the way as early favourites to replace Jose Mourinho.
OFFICIAL: Chelsea have left the ECA. ๐
๐#ThomasTuchel ๐ฉ๐ช on the ESL: "I am really not the right person to ask. I understand you are curious and there are emotional reactions out there but I honestly don't know enough. I was clearly not involved, my players were not involved, in the discussions." ๐♂️
(☀️) LaLiga and its clubs expect a firm and forceful reaction from UEFA to stop the Super League.
(☀️) #SerieA clubs will meet today afternoon to talk about Super League situation - Juventus, Inter and AC Milan will not attend the meeting.
(☀️) Spanish clubs are planning for a meeting on Thursday to discuss about Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlรฉti position after joining.
๐#Porto president Pinto da Costa against the Super League: “We can’t participate in anything that's against the rules. We are in the Champions League and we hope to continue to be there for many years”. ๐
๐Wayne Rooney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ on #JoseMourinho's ๐ต๐น sacking: "Crazy doing it before a cup final. Strange timing. Could have waited. Fantastic manager. One of the best the game has seen. I am sure he will bounce back." ๐
๐#Wayne_Rooney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ on ESL: "I completely understand the frustration but I don’t know the full details. I don’t think many people do apart from the clubs. I don’t think it would be a great look to pull away from cup competitions but let’s see what the proposals are." ๐
๐Wayne #Rooney ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ: "I can speak from being at Man Utd at such a long-time. The last thing they would want to do would be to jeopardise their relationship with the fans. They would want to keep them involved. Let’s see what the proposals are when they come out."
๐Hansi Flick ๐ฉ๐ช: "The reason for my announcement on Saturday was that the players would know about it from me, as there were lots of rumours. For me, the next logical step was to inform the media afterwards."
๐Hansi Flick ๐ฉ๐ช: “I’m focused on different topics but I can say that the Super League wouldn't be good for European football." ๐
(☀️) Nagelsmann ๐ฉ๐ช is the top favourite for Bayern, #Hansi_Flick ๐ฉ๐ช is allowed to go. But, Bayern knows that Nagelsmann will cost €15M+, therefore a solution must be found with Flick that compensates for this. ๐คท♂️
๐ Kroos ๐ฉ๐ช: "These competitions [European Super League, Nations League...] try to absorb everything financially, and also to squeeze everything out of the players' physically. I am a big fan of leaving things as they are when they are going well." ๐ฅบ
๐#Kroos ๐ฉ๐ช: "European Super League? We are just puppets of FIFA and UEFA. If there was a players' union, we would not be playing the Nations League or Supercopa de Espana in Saudi Arabia." ๐ฏ♂️๐ช๐บ
๐Board member at one of #English clubs joining Super League: "This isn't a civil war, it's a nuclear war. To be honest though the owners are not that worried about bad PR, they were expecting it." ๐คท♂️
The 12 clubs that have signed a binding agreement to form the Super League have been guaranteed a "welcome bonus" worth €200m-€300m each.
Super League will commit 8% of revenue, minimum €400m a year, in 'solidarity payments' to European clubs, more than UEFA $240m. That assumes annual revenues of €5bn - UCL currently generates €3.2bn - that's a big uplift for fewer matches & fewer teams. ๐ฑ
#ESL organisers have held early discussions with broadcasters about the competition, seeking to secure deals with likes of Amazon, Facebook, Disney and Sky that would raise annual revenues worth €4bn a year. This is roughly double the amount earned by UCL.
Uk Prime Minister #Boris_Johnson has said his government will work with football authorities to stop the European Super League from going ahead "as it has been proposed." ๐
๐จThe #Premier_League's 14 remaining clubs to hold crisis talks on Tuesday to discuss their next move following announcement of breakaway European Super League by the 'top six'. ๐
#Italian ๐ฎ๐น FA President: “Clubs that join SL are out of the FIFA”. ๐คท♂️
๐UEFA President Ceferin: "We didn’t know we had snakes working close to us, but now we know." ๐จ
๐#UEFA_President: “I cannot stress more strongly at this moment that UEFA and the football world stand united against the disgraceful self-serving proposal by a few clubs motivated by greed and nothing else. We are all united against this nonsense of a project." ๐
#Ceferin: "I have seen many things in my life. I have never seen people like that. EdWoodward called me on Thursday to say he was very satisfied and supported the proposals. He had already signed something else. Agnelli is the biggest disappointment of all." ๐ฑ
๐Ceferin on #Agnelli: "Agnelli - I don’t want to be too personal, but I have never seen a person who lied so many times as persistently as he did. I spoke to him on Saturday and he said these were only rumours, nothing going on. Then he turned off the phone." ☹️
๐จKarl Heinz #Rummenigge ๐ฉ๐ช, chairman of Bayern Mรผnich, is to join UEFA’s executive committee in place of Juve’s Agnelli ๐ฎ๐น who resigned after knifing UEFA by signing up to breakaway. Rummenigge’s presence a blow to those hoping to entice Bayern to ESL. ๐ฉ
UEFA President Ceferin says UEFA is receiving legal advice to ban Super League clubs from Champions League and Europa League THIS season. ๐จ๐ซ
๐UEFA President Ceferin: “The new Champions League format will happen with or without them. ๐จ๐
Ceferin is godfather to Agnelli's daughter. ๐
UEFA President Ceferin says FIFA President Gianni Infantino has told him that he will strongly condemn the Super League when he addresses the UEFA Congress tomorrow. ✊
๐UEFA President ฤeferin: "Things change. Juventus were in Serie B. Manchester United before Sir Alex Ferguson were I don't know where. Aston Villa was a big club. Why are they creating this? Because they are not managed right."
๐Ceferin: “I can't understand how clubs can see their supporters protesting and not giving a damn. And they are already ultra rich, they are not poor. But they always want more and more. If you respect your fans, stop!" ๐♀️
๐UEFA President Ceferin: "The greatest sport is based on open competition, integrity and sporting merit and we will never allow that to change. This idea is a spit in the face of all football lovers and our society as well. We must not let them take it away from us."
UEFA President Alex Ceferin: ๐
"We are all united against this nonsense of a project ... The players that will play in the closed league will be banned from playing in the World Cup and Euros." ๐ณ
๐UEFA have approved the new Champions League format from 2024/25 season onwards:
๐ 36 teams (4 more teams added).
❌ No more groups - just one league.
๐ Top 8 reach the knockouts.
✅ Every club are guaranteed 10 games.
Thoughts about the new champions league changes? ๐ค
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