Since the debacle of the European Super League (ESL), football fans of England’s ‘top six’ (Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur) have questioned how their club is being run. The ESL […]
Fan power curtails owners’ greed: European Super League
The launch and immediate crash landing of the ‘European Super League’ (ESL) has shaken the footballing world. The ESL pitched fans against their own clubs, ex-players against their former employers and set into motion a […]
The rise and fall of the European Super League: a story of instant rejection
News around the creation of a European Super League (ESL) surfaced late on Sunday 18th April. Initial murmurings suggested that it would be a competition that ran alongside the domestic season, giving a more lucrative competition for Europe’s ‘elite’ clubs to play in and earn from. However, in a week that saw George Floyd’s murderer found guilty, the ESL went from creation to destruction in just over 48 hours.