Since its official announcement, the ESL faced heavy criticism from the entire football community and the top-six Premier League clubs involved walked out 48 hours later. Spain’s Atletico Madrid and Italy’s AC Milan, and Inter, have also pulled out shortly. Real Madrid president and European Super League mastermind Florentino Perez declared that the breakaway tournament is on “standby” after its ‘founding members’ mass withdrawal on Sunday. “Everyone wants to cut people’s heads off. We have to have a procedure, and we have to see how it looks in the end. These clubs have been sanctioned by their own fans.” In…
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Sheersho Neogi
As a kid, Sheersho Neogi dreamt of being an athlete. As an adult, he writes about it.
Los Blancos are currently second on the league table with 70 points, three behind city rivals Atletico Madrid; while Betis sit on fifth with 49 points in 32 matches. A brace from Karim Benzema and a first-half Alvaro Odriozola goal brought Real back to the title race after managing a goalless draw against Getafe last weekend. Zinedine Zidane had to make a number of changes against Cadiz, with several core players being rested for the latter games. Still, Zizou managed to come out on top and momentarily knocked off Atletico Madrid from the first position. Benzema was once again the star performer for his side, opening his account from the spot in the 30th…
The executive vice-chairman of Manchester United, Ed Woodward, will to step down from his position at the end of the 2020-2021 season. The 49-year-old was set to leave the club at the end of the year but announced his decision earlier than expected amid the European Super League debacle. “I am extremely proud to have served United and it has been an honour to work for the world’s greatest football club for the past 16 years. We have invested more than £1 billion in the squad during my time here and I am particularly delighted with the progress the players…
The Bavarians cruised to victory on Tuesday night with two early strikes from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Joshua Kimmich and are now 10 points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig, who lost 2-1 away at Cologne. The 2020-21 Bundesliga season appeared to be a two-horse title race till early March. RB Leipzig putting pressure on Bayern Munich at the top spot with some stellar performance. However, Bayern inevitably took control of their performance just before the international break and opened up the gap to 7 points heading into Tuesday’s fixture. FC Koln handed RB Leipzig a disappointing 2-1 defeat at home,…
The six Premier League clubs associated with the European Super League have formally withdrawn themselves from the competition. Manchester City became the first English club to change their stance with Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all pulling out from the breakaway league eventually late Tuesday. The financial uncertainty created by the pandemic, stoked the idea of a tournament that offered the major European teams a promise of economic security. On Sunday, the top-six clubs of England along with their continental counterparts, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid of Spain and Italy’s AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus…
Bayern Munich all-time great and current CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has disapproved of the idea of a new European Super League. The Bavarians join the likes of fellow German outfits Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig in rejecting all possibilities of participation in the controversial tournament. In a seismic move on Sunday, twelve clubs, including the ‘top six’ of the Premier League, confirmed that they are on course to join the competition next season. The clubs include Real Madrid, FC, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid from Spain, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus of Serie A and the ‘big six’ from England; Arsenal, Chelsea,…
Turmoil in European football continues as UEFA announced a revamped format of the Champions League just a day after the European Super League was launched. The changes, however, are expected to commence from the 2024-25 season and will see a number of considerable modifications compared to the present format. The announcement of the refurbished Champions League was planned last month, but UEFA had to put that idea on hold with several big teams vowing to create their own private league imminently. And on Sunday, the entire football community was shell-shocked as twelve major European clubs declared themselves as the founders…
The European Super League is happening. After years of secret meetings, controversies, arguments and feuds, twelve major European clubs announced their divorce from UEFA’s flagship tournament, the Champions League on Sunday. As plans shape up for one of the most radical changes ever made in the sport, the entire football community have joined hands to boycott the move with both FIFA and UEFA threatening to ban players participating in such tournaments. But, is the prospect of a new league all bad? Can clubs actually benefit from the tournament? Let’s take a look. The Founding Members The American owners of Arsenal,…
Chelsea welcome Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday after a monumental victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final. A solid 1-0 win over the Cityzens at Wembley ensured Chelsea’s second cup final in subsequent seasons. This also puts them in a firm position for a double this campaign. In the Premier League, however, Tuchel’s men are fighting against West Ham and Leicester City for a Champions League spot for next year. The Blues are currently at fifth, but a win against the Seagulls would lift them back to the top-four. Although their performance in the Champions League…
The Portuguese joined the North London club in November 2019 replacing Mauricio Pochettino and helped them finish sixth in the Premier League last year. “Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a club. Jose is a true professional who showed enormous resilience during the pandemic. On a personal level I have enjoyed working with him and regret that things have not worked out as we both had envisaged. He will always be welcome here and we should like to thank him and his coaching staff for their contribution.”club chairman Daniel…