April 2021
Manchester United price tag set at $7.2b
The Glazer family thinks the price tag is justified because the storied club will be able to secure significant sponsorship deals even after the Super League collapsed.
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- Chiara Vasarri and James Ludden
- Analysis
- Business of sport
‘Utter chaos’: The inside story of the Super League own goal
Twelve of Europe’s top clubs planned to shake up the sport. Instead, the project collapsed spectacularly in just 48 hours.
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- Murad Ahmed
Super League backer says breakaway competition is on standby
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the clubs behind the Super League will continue working on a way to make the competition work, even if changes have to be made to its format.
- Tales Aazzoni
The fans, it turns out, are also voters
Human spirit has triumphed over the brutal logic of the market – now fans must truly take control of their clubs.
- Paul Mason
- Opinion
- Business of sport
European politicians give US sports model a good kicking
The failure of the Super League before it got started represents a European rout for the US model of sports business, in which wealthy entrepreneurs try to maximise profits from teams in closed or restricted-entry leagues.
- The Lex Column
Super League breakaway in tatters after English clubs quit
Manchester City were the first to back out of the venture and then Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea announced they were following suit.
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- Simon Evans
Super League will ‘save soccer’, says founding chairman
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez didn’t entirely rule out the possibility the new league won’t get started, but indicated the clubs were prepared to make it happen.
- Tales Azzzoni
Brussels reluctant to play referee in football’s Super League drama
Brussels has played down its role in adjudicating any antitrust dispute, saying the issue is best handled ‘by relevant arbitration bodies and national courts’.
- Mehreen Khan, Javier Espinoza and David Hindley
Prince William: I share fans’ fears for the future of football
The Duke of Cambridge says European Super League risks damaging English game, as the Government and sport’s governing bodies unite against plan.
- Ben Riley-Smith
- Analysis
- EPL
Super League rebels shift the goalposts of European football
If successful, the new elite competition would amount to the biggest transformation of how football is organised in decades, and mark a seismic shift in the allocation of money and power in the world’s favourite sport.
- Murad Ahmed, Arash Massoudi, Mehreen Khan and Javier Espinoza
England’s ‘big six’ face expulsion from Premier League
Top soccer teams, including Manchester United, have joined with leading clubs in Europe for a new competition that would in effect replace the Champions League.
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- Jeremy Wilson