London | Europe’s richest football clubs were on Sunday night (Monday AEST) threatened with expulsion from their domestic leagues and warned their players would be barred from the World Cup if they went through with plans for a breakaway super league.

The so-called “big six” in England – Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur – have joined with leading clubs in Spain and Italy over a new highly selective and largely closed tournament that would effectively replace the Champions League.

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