EPL 2020/2021

[canefan]

The whole thing is about control. UEFA are worried they are about to lose control, and the 12 teams want to take greater control of their own financial destiny

[junior]

@rapido said in EPL 2020/2021:

I get the feeling the gulf owned sportswashing clubs are way less keen than the American owned clubs plus Barca, Real and Juve.

One group in it for profit , other group in for the good PR and ignore the costs.

They are also very much in it for prestige - much more than the "sports washing" in my view. Without Man United, Liverpool etc in the EPL and Real Madrid, Barcelona etc in the CL, how much prestige will a Man City get out of playing in those competitions

[MajorRage]

Chelsea withdrawing ....

[mofitzy_]

@majorrage
Maybe I'm wrong. A few more PL sides withdraw then this will be over.

City gooone too.

[MajorRage]

@mofitzy_ said in EPL 2020/2021:

@majorrage
Maybe I'm wrong. A few more PL sides withdraw then this will be over.

City gooone too.

Woodward gone from Man U.

[KiwiPie]

Talk about news happening in real time! Hard to keep up ....

[Bovidae]

Atletico Madrid too.

[sparky]

What a shambles. The whole fiasco remains me of the failed coup against Gorbachev in August 1991, although that made it through three and half days before collapsing.

[dogmeat]

From Jordan Henderson (and others)

[dogmeat]

So there were six English breakaway clubs. 13 EPL clubs have issued a statement condemning their move.

Who is / was sitting on the fence?

[gt12]

Dead in the water. What a huge cock up.

[mofitzy_]

Amazing to me that with so much money behind it, it could still be executed so poorly.

[Bovidae]

This demonstrates the arrogance of the US owners, and the likes of Perez and Agnelli.

[Kiwiwomble]

this is crazy, had they done no research into how their fans might react, are they honestly that arrogant?

all theyve ended up doing is taint their brand a little

[mofitzy_]

Spanish clubs are broke, Italians are fading into irrelevance on a European level, and Americans can't comprehend relegation. This could end doing a lot of damage and good in football.

[Kiwiwomble]

i dont know enough about the other leagues so i can only talking about the EPL....when was the last time any of the big 6 got close to relegation?

[canefan]

@mofitzy_ said in EPL 2020/2021:

Amazing to me that with so much money behind it, it could still be executed so poorly.

Yeah, definitely gave them far too much credit

[dogmeat]

@kiwiwomble All except City have been in since the beginning. They were in the 3rd tier as recently as 1999

[Kiwiwomble]

@dogmeat so not since they got they're current backer, these owners are either paranoid or they are tired of paying for a good squad and wanted to be able to ease off investment

[mofitzy_]

It's more about not being in Champions league than relegation from the PL, La Liga etc. Pay-outs are also tiered based on position too.