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Premier League clubs withdraw from European Super League

Wednesday, 21 April 2021 07:10

The European Super League looks to be dead in the water.

Manchester City were the first premier league side to publicly announce that they were withdrawing from the breakaway competition, followed by Chelsea.

Manchester Untied, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all confirmed late last night what they were pulling out, with Arsenal tweeting "We made a mistake, and we apologise for it"

A large protest took place outside stamford bvridge last night, resulting in Chelsea's game with Brighton being delayed.

And Sky Sports pundit and former Man United captain Gary Neville says fans had every right to be angry

"these six sets of owners in this country and obviously the other ones in Europe have misread this situation badly.

"I can't wait for fans to be back in the stadium, because there has to be a concerted, organised, mobilised, strategic effort to change now."

In a statement confirming their departure from the Super League, Manchester United said:

"Manchester United will not be participating in the European Super League. 

"We have listened carefully to the reaction from our fans, the UK government and other key stakeholders.

We remain committed to working with others across the football community to come up with sustainable solutions to the long-term challenges facing the game."

Liverpool's statement read:

"Liverpool Football Club can confirm that our involvement in proposed plans to form a European Super League has been discontinued.

In recent days, the club has received representations from various key stakeholders, both internally and externally, and we would like to thank them for their valuable contributions."

Meanwhile, Manchester United have confirmed that Ed Woodward will leave his role as executive vice chairman at the end of the year.

Woodward says he's "extremely proud" of his achievements at the club over the last 16 years. 

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