European super league

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  1. Red

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    Understandable, it's a right shower of sheeite.
     
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    So for example if they get fed up of Tottenham they will invite Leeds or Everton etc
     
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    But Ant Man is cool. His girlfriend is The Wasp, after all.

    (That's "wasp" rhyming with "clasp" btw, in true Yorkshire fashion.)
     
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    Not really.

    The founding members would be in it forever.

    The additional invites may well go to the ones who give the most backhanders
     
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    No because Tottenham are a relegation proof founder member
    They will invite 5 other teams to make up the 20 so Everton or Leicester may be invited for example - but only for one season - I guess the hope is they will be teams they can beat so Spurs wont finish bottom. at the end of the season some of the 5 may be invited back for another season but its likely 2 or 3 will be kicked back out and replaced to keep some semblence of freshening up things
     
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    Did he giver her the clap?
     
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    I imagine if a founding club becomes unattractive or is a financial liability the remaining founding clubs could revoke their membership.
     
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    there could be 5 wildcards entries per year not an additional 5 members. still want club would want to join that for a year if you got kicked out of your national league for doing so.
     
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    When you're back out though what happens to you then?
     
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    That depends - if the breakaway group get their way they all still play in their domestic leagues so Everton for example would have a season of playing with the big boys whilst keeping going in the Premiership so when they get kicked out they will be back to just playing domestic league and cups
    of course if joining a seperate competition means you get kicked out of the league not too many guests will be joining
     
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    Yes, but it's pronounced Klopp.
     
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    This is where it starts to unravel very quickly and just doesn't seem thought out.

    If you're say... Ajax. And you get invited. You get kicked out of your league. You've nowhere to go the year after. They either expand the league constantly as they attract waifs and strays, or they get fix at the clubs who become founder members.

    It surely wouldnt be attractive for a club, or the "brand" for a club to be asked to play. Have one season. Vanish for a bit not playing any football at all as they aren't allowed, then hope they are reinvited in a couple of seasons time.

    It really seems these clubs believed their own hype that they are too big to not get their own way. I say to them fine, relocate to Kuala Lumpur, Kinshasa and Riyadh. And crack on leaving Europe to get on with actual reform and a fairer set of competitions.
     
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    I'm pretty sure their plan is to run their own private Champion's League, with everything else (including their own domestic seasons) continuing around it. There may still be a UEFA champion's league, but the 15+5 wouldn't take part. So Ajax might get invited to play in the ESL one year but once their time at the top table was up then they'd just go back to the old ecosystem. If they get their way then it would be attractive, because clubs would just be giving up a single season of the Champion's League for a much more lucrative single season in the ESL.

    It all stacks up as long as they get what they want, but obviously all falls apart if the ESL teams are kicked out of their domestic leagues. So the best way to deal with it is to tell them they can have one or the other. As you say, they're more than welcome to jet off around the world playing whoever and wherever they like, but for me that has to come at the cost of losing all access to everything else.
     
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    If PSG & Bayern came knocking can’t see them turning them down
     
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    Yeah, probably at the expense of spurs and arsenal.
     
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    Precisely my point. The hubris of these owners is unbelievable. But as soon as leagues and UEFA/FIFA block allowing clubs into their infrastructures, which I think thats what both FIFA and UEFA have said today despite giving a slight olive branch, then its just not attractive to risk it if you're an Ajax or whoever gets an invite.
     
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    More than likely

    just can’t be arsed to read every reply
     
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    James Corden put it well on his chat show last night. I am not sure how many natives care about what he was on about when they have been brought up on franchise sports like NFL, but you can see it bothered him. His Hammers are having their best season in years and I hope they make the Champions League.

     
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