The London club is beginning the process to give up the new project of European football, the Cityzens secured their steps
Chelsea will begin the process of withdrawing from the European Super League, Sources told James Olley of ESPN; in addition Rob Dawson reorts, through sources, that Manchester City would take the same path.
Reports from Europe indicate that Ed Woodward resigned as president of Manchester United, while the other four English teams that were in the project would be about to join the positions of Chelsea and City.
The change of position comes before the English Premier League match of the Chelsea against Brighton & Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge.
This represents a drastic change after the announcement of 12 teams planning to form the European Super League, Six of the Premier League (Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal i Manchester United); three Laliga of Spain (Real Madrid, Barcelona i Athletic of Madrid); and 3 more of Series A of Italy (AC Milan, Inter Milan i Juventus).
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Most fans of the Chelsea have opposed the club ‘s participation in the Superliga and prior to the departure of the squad to the match against Brighton they protested against the team and Blues legend Petr Cech had to speak to the fans to ask them to allow them to enter the bus.
The Associated Press report that Chelsea has not yet communicated its decision to the organizers of the new tournament.
The rejection in England in the Superliga it intensified when the Premier League threatened to take action against the six rebel clubs and Prime Minister Boris Johnson was considering introducing legislation to prevent them from forming a new European competition.
Cracks also emerged within the clubs of the Superliga, With the technician of the Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, warning that joining a closed competition apart from the Champions League could damage the integrity and values of the sport. Its counterpart of Liverpool, Jürgen Klopp, was equally reluctant to the plans of the owners of his club.
The Premier League had already threatened to expel the six clubs from the Premier League Superliga if they went on their own to Europe. The other 14 clubs met on Tuesday and “unanimously and vigorously” rejected the plans of the Superliga.
The six English clubs, with the American owners of Manchester United, Liverpool i Arsenal at the front, they established an alliance with other powerful clubs in Spain and Italy to found a tournament that would revolutionize the structures of European football.
Chelsea i Tottenham they are also part of the project that would ensure them a guaranteed participation year after year in the Superliga, Instead of getting ranked with the result based on the previous Premier League season.
“Sport is not sport when there is no relationship between effort and reward,” said Guardiola, the Manchester City leads the Premier League table. “It’s not a sport when success is guaranteed. It’s not a sport if you don’t mind losing.”
Premier executives and representatives of amateur organizations met with Johnson, who rejected the Superliga for being “anti-competitive” and threatened to drop what he called a “legislative bomb” to stop it.
The government could rule 50 + 1 in Germany and give fans a majority of votes, which protects clubs from being controlled by private investors.
“All participants agreed that steps need to be taken to safeguard fair and open competition, which is what we want to see in football, and to uphold the fundamental principle that every club has a chance to face and win the more powerful, “Johnson’s office said in a statement.
the Superliga aims to have 15 founding clubs –with three places to be determined– and five with more open access.
Everton deplored the “arrogance” of the Everton clubs Superliga. With nine titles, Everton are the fourth most lauded team in the English first division and the Merseyside squad was considered part of the elite in the 80s and early 90s.
Its majority owner, the British-Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri, has invested large sums in recent years to make the team the protagonist, signing Colombian star James Rodríguez and coach Carlo Ancelotti to qualify for the phase of Champions League groups for the first time.
AP information was used in writing this note