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21/12/2023

🚨🏆 Super League potential format announced.

🔢 64 teams.
📊 3 divisions (Star, Gold and Blue) with promotions and relegations.

⚽️ 14 games each season per team.
🏡 7 at home.
🛫 7 away.

🔓 It will be an open competition
⚔️ Two phases: League and playoffs.

15/11/2023

Sir Jim Ratcliffe Orders Eric Ten Hag to Finish Jadon Sancho Situation
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the new owner of Manchester United, has reportedly ordered manager Eric Ten Hag to resolve the Jadon Sancho situation as soon as possible.

Sancho has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford all summer, with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich both interested in signing the winger. United are reportedly willing to sell Sancho for around £60 million, but they have so far been unable to agree a deal with any club.

Ratcliffe is said to be frustrated by the lack of progress in the Sancho saga and wants Ten Hag to find a solution as soon as possible. The new owner wants to build a winning team at United and believes that Sancho could be a key part of that team.

"Sir Jim wants Eric to get the Sancho situation sorted out as soon as possible," a source told The Sun. "He believes that Jadon is a top player and that he can make a big difference to United. He wants to build a winning team and he believes that Sancho can be a part of that."

Ten Hag is said to be keen to keep Sancho at Old Trafford, but he is also aware that the club needs to sell some players in order to raise funds for new signings.

"Eric is a big fan of Jadon and he wants to keep him at the club," another source said. "But he is also aware that the club needs to make some money in the summer. He is hoping that a solution can be found that will satisfy both the club and the player."

The Sancho situation is one of a number of issues that Ten Hag needs to address as he prepares for his first season in charge of United. The club is also in need of a new midfielder and a new right-back.

Ratcliffe is said to be confident that Ten Hag can turn United's fortunes around and make them a force to be reckoned with once again.

"Sir Jim believes that Eric is the right man to take United back to the top," a source said. "He is a big fan of Eric's work at Ajax and he believes that he can do the same at United."

Only time will tell whether Ten Hag can be the man to restore United to their former glory. But one thing is for sure, he will need to resolve the Jadon Sancho situation as soon as possible.

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17/11/2022

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16/11/2022

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25/11/2021

Ralf Rangnick: I am glad to announce that I have reached an agreement with Manchester United to be interim manager till the end of the season. Happy to take charge of the best team in England. ✍️🔴

20/04/2021

'That's not going to happen' - Real Madrid chief Perez laughs off UEFA threats to ban players for Super League participation

The Blancos president said it was impossible for players to be banned from international play for partaking in the competition

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has dismissed threats from UEFA president Alexander Ceferin, who said that players participating in the Super League "will be banned from the World Cup and Euros".

There has been a major outcry over the Super League proposal, which was announced on Sunday and includes 12 teams with a further three expected to be added.

Ceferin was left fuming at the plan, which is set to directly threaten the Champions League.

Perez spoke about Ceferin's threats in an interview with El Chiringuito on Monday, saying: "Every player can be calm because that’s not going to happen. They won’t be banned if they join the Super League."

Ceferin wasn't the only UEFA figure making threats on Monday, with Executive Committee member Jesper Moller saying Madrid, Chelsea and Man City could all be booted out of this season's Champions League due to their involvement in the Super League.

Perez, again, dismissed those threats, saying: "Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea will not be banned from the Champions League or domestic leagues. Impossible, I can assure you of that. 100 per cent, it won’t happen, the law protects us. This is impossible."

Ceferin branded Manchester United and Juventus chiefs Ed Woodward and Andrea Agnelli as "snakes" after they led proposals for the Super League, comments that also did not go down well with Perez.

"President Ceferin insulted Andrea Agnelli today, it is not possible," Perez said. "It’s crazy to discuss a president of a world club like Juventus.

"This is something unacceptable, UEFA must change, we don’t want a president who insults other presidents.

"Why aren’t UEFA and La Liga salaries public? Why haven’t salaries been reduced like everyone else during the pandemic? We need more transparency. We know the salary of LeBron James but we don’t know the salary of the UEFA president."

Aside from Real Madrid, there are two other La Liga teams involved in the competition: Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

That trio is joined by three Italian sides, AC Milan, Inter and Juventus, as well as six teams from England: Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.

Three more teams are expected to be involved annually for a total of 15, with a further five clubs able to qualify each season.

20/04/2021

Manchester United great Edwin van der Sar hits out at European Super League plans

Former Man United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is the latest to speak out against the European Super League.

Edwin van der Sar fears that a 'very uncertain period threatens the horizon of European football' following the announcement of the European Super League.

Supporters, pundits, former players and politicians alike have been left outraged after 12 of Europe's 'leading clubs' - including Manchester United and Manchester City - announced their intent to join a breakaway competition.

United great Van der Sar is the current CEO of Ajax, a team who are not involved with the ESL, and the Dutchman has spoken out against the proposal.

"Ajax is completely taken aback and disappointed by the announcement of a possible Super League," the former goalkeeper said in a statement. "We support the new set-up proposed by UEFA, as confirmed on Monday.

"Through my work for the ECA, I have been involved for a number of years in discussions about a new format for the UEFA club competitions. In the past, Ajax has worked together with the ECV and the KNVB to make a number of changes happen, for example to make participation in the UEFA Champions League more accessible for clubs.

"We thought we had found the solution with the so-called Swiss model, with more international fixtures for more clubs. We are very disappointed in the sudden and late turnaround that fellow directors of some top international clubs have made this weekend, with the result that a very uncertain period threatens the horizon of European football."

19/04/2021

Which clubs are in the Super League? The list of confirmed clubs and supposed future members

A number of the top clubs have signed up for the new continental format, which has been designed to compete with the Champions League.

The football world was shaken by the announcement of the imminent formation of the Super League, an announcement made official on the night of Sunday to Monday, but which clubs have agreed to participate in this new competition? A new continental format has been proposed to challenge the current UEFA Champions League, with a total of 20 teams scheduled to take part in the competition "which is expected to start as soon as possible".

Twelve European clubs have already been confirmed as participants and founding members, but football's main governing bodies have spoken out against the proposal, which has been seen as a "cynical" operation by experts and supporters.

If the competition were to continue, national football in England, Spain and Italy could change forever, with a statement from the clubs involved announcing: "The founding clubs will receive an amount of 3.5 billion euros just to support their investment plans in infrastructure and to offset the impact of the Covid pandemic ".

Premier League clubs Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham have all signed up for the Super League, as have Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan in Italy and FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in Spain. It has been reported that three more teams will join the founders roster ahead of the inaugural season, with a qualifying mechanism to be put in place for five more teams to complete the competition.

Which clubs are rumored to join the Super League?

No official statement has been given on the other vying clubs yet, but further developments are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. It has already been confirmed that reigning European champions Bayern Munich, compatriots Borussia Dortmund and Ligue 1 giant Paris Saint-Germain will not take part in the Super League, but a number of other top European clubs. would be vying to join the competition.

19/04/2021

Superleague - FC Barcelona congratulate themselves on their role as "leader"
Via an official press release, Barça announces that it is an integral part of the Superleague project, and welcomes the creation of such a competition.
It was in the era of time for several years, it is now a certainty: twelve of the most powerful clubs in Europe have announced the creation of a Superleague. This will be chaired by Florentino Pérez, boss of Real Madrid, and will bring together the most powerful English (6), Spanish (3) and Italian (3) clubs. A real earthquake in football.
While this announcement should spark heated debate, endangering the smooth running of the competitions currently being contested, the UEFA Congress is taking place today in Montreux, Switzerland. Suffice to say that it should be particularly eventful, while the twelve clubs concerned have announced their resignation from the ECA (association of European clubs) and all UEFA committees and panels. In this special atmosphere, FC Barcelona communicated on Monday.
"In the future, the founding clubs look forward to discussing with UEFA and FIFA"
"FC Barcelona have reached an agreement with eleven other of the most important clubs in Europe to form a new competition, the Superleague which will be led by the founding clubs and was born out of the desire to be the best sports club competition in the world. world ", announces the Catalan club, proud to be part of such a project.
Barça then incorporated the joint statement announcing the creation of the Superleague: "In the future, the founding clubs look forward to discussing with UEFA and FIFA in order to work together in partnership to achieve the best results for the new League and for football as a whole. The formation of the Super League comes at a time when the global pandemic has accelerated the instability of the current economic model of European football. In addition, for a number of years, the founding clubs have aimed to improve the quality and intensity of the existing European competitions throughout each season and to create a format that allows the best clubs and players to compete against each other on a regular basis ", we read on it.
After detailing the financial interest of creating such a competition, the resident of La Liga is pleased to be integrated into the Superleague. "FC Barcelona, true to its history and to its leadership role in European football, is once again positioning itself as a leading club when it comes to the big changes that are needed in the world of football, always thinking of how the club should benefit from it, better from a sporting, institutional and financial point of view, ” explains the Iberian club.

19/04/2021

Manchester United share prices rose by over 11 per cent following an announcement they are set to form a new European Super League.

United are one of 12 founding clubs named in the proposals, which promised three other clubs would join ahead of the inaugural season.

Ahead of the New York Stock Exchange opening on Monday morning United shares rose by 11 per cent in early premarket action, while similar shares in Juventus rose by seven per cent in Milan.

At the time of publishing shares in United had risen from 16.17 at close on Friday to 17.98 on Monday lunchtime, a rise of 11.32 per cent.

In a press release issued late on Sunday evening United co-chairman Joel Glazer confirmed the club's support for the Super League.

A press release entitled 'LEADING EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS ANNOUNCE NEW SUPER LEAGUE COMPETITION’ carried quotes from the co-chairman and Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

It confirmed AC Milan, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, and Tottenham would also be founding members of the new midweek competition and the 12 clubs intend to commence it as 'soon as practicable'.