What did Neville say?
Speaking to Sky Sports, Neville said: “They’ve got no loyalty to this country and these leagues. Enough is enough. There isn’t a football fan in this country that won’t be seething and shouldn’t be seething listening to this conversation and these announcements.
“This is disowning your own club. I mean, seriously, how could you even think to come and watch a Super League here when you’ve left your 14 clubs in the Premier League behind to play against each other, your Championship clubs dead, your EFL One and Two clubs dead, your National League, your pyramid system that you’ve fought for 150 years has gone because of six clubs? Absolutely embarrassing, it’s never going to happen.”
“Let them break away but punish them, punish them straight away. If they announce a letter of intent has been signed as six clubs, they should be punished heavily, massive fines, point deductions, take the titles off them, who cares.
“Give the title to Burnley and Fulham. Let Fulham stay up, relegate Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal because they should be the ones who suffer the most.”
“Liverpool are meant to be the peoples club. You Never Walk Alone and all that. What Liverpool's owners are doing, what United's owners are doing - it is an absolute disgrace. You never even hear from these owners. They are bottle merchants.”
What is happening?
Reports emerged on Sunday of plans for a breakaway European Super League. It is in response to UEFA’s new Champions League format, which will involve 36 teams and is to be announced on Monday.
European Club Association chairman Andrea Agnelli, who is also Juventus president, seems to have backed the Super League.
The ECA itself and its board had previously backed the new Champions League format.
But there is now said to be significant support for a Super League.
Which teams have opposed the proposal?
Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are both thought to not be backing the ESL.
There is a belief at the top of PSG that it would be disrespectful to join the 12 clubs backing these plans.
They are keen to discuss UEFA’s proposal after it is presented on Monday.
PSG are also thought to believe that European competition should not be restricted to the richest clubs, and that smaller teams like Atalanta, Ajax or Leicester should have their shot.
A source added: “We are sticking to the tradition of UEFA.”
Who is backing the plan?
The 12 clubs supporting the European Super League, as it stands, are: Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus.
What would a European Super League look like?
A report in January made this clear. The tournament would involve 20 clubs, with 15 permanent members and five qualifying annually. Six English clubs — the same six clubs that comprise the Premier League’s so-called “big six” — would be among 15 permanent founding members.
The Times reported that founder members of a proposed European Super League would be offered up to £310 million each to join the competition. Champions League qualification is worth about £100 million.
The 20 clubs would be split into two 10-team groups. Each team in a group would play home and away matches against one another. The top four teams in each group would then play a knockout play-off across the two divisions to decide the champion for the season.
There would be home and away legs in the quarter-finals and semi-final, with a final played at a neutral venue.
It would also see a best versus worst approach to the knockout matches, with the team with the best record playing the team with the eighth-best record. This would also apply to the semi-finals.
Matches would take place in midweek, with the exception of the final. Clubs would still play in their domestic leagues.
And what about UEFA’s reformed Champions League?
UEFA wants a new format for the Champions League from 2024, with one 36-team league replacing the current group stage, where every team plays 10 matches.
This is called the ‘Swiss model’.
Under the proposed format, by the time winner has lifted the European Cup, the competition will have produced 100 new games, and the finalists will have played at least 17 matches, four more than under the current system.
Accommodating four additional games in the autumn will be a challenge for most national leagues, however, including in England, where the Carabao Cup would be under threat.
Three of the four extra Champions League places would meanwhile go to clubs based on past performance in Europe, using the UEFA coefficient ranking system.
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