Jurgen Klopp says he has not sought a personal apology from Liverpool's owners following the European Super League fiasco, but says they are "good, not bad people".
Speaking for the first time since the breakaway scheme fell apart, Klopp says he hopes the damage done can be repaired quickly.
"They all learned their lesson. They will not come around the corner next week and try to do something. I’m pretty sure of that. But now we have to make sure we don’t get any harm off it, a different atmosphere in the club or something. That would be the really bad thing about it. They tried something, it wasn’t allowed, so let’s go back to the beautiful game it always was."
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Elsewhere, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is "happy" for fans who stormed the Carrington training ground on Thursday to speak their mind.
"I will always listen to the fans and it was the only right thing to do to listen to them and speak to them, a peaceful discussion, it's important we respect each other and each other's views," he said.
"I said about what the team will do in the future, it was a good 10 mins and I was happy. We didn't shake hands, gave a fist bump and then we parted."
Chelsea Supporters' Trust had called for club chairman Bruce Buck and chief executive Guy Laurence to leave but the club's manager Thomas Tuchel said that was in the past now the board had listened to fans after Tuesday's protest outside Stamford Bridge.
Tuchel said: "The people and the fans know very well that it's also the credit from the owners who improve their clubs, build strong clubs and make the most competitive league in the world.
"They appreciate that very well and the people can read and can divide things from one another. The fans expressed their opinion, they were absolutely not happy.
"But I don't think it effects their opinion of what the owner of this club does for the community, the academy, the women's team and for the first team."
Spurs captain Harry Kane has also added his voice to those who opposed the Super League, telling Sky Sports: "I liked the outcome of it. I didn't quite like the idea of it if I'm honest. I can totally understand the fans' point of view. I'm proud of the fans for sticking up for what they believe it. I am glad of what the outcome has become."
03:08 PM
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03:00 PM
Chelsea will regain fans' trust after failed breakaway attempt: Tuchel
Chelsea's board will not find it difficult to regain their fans' trust after a failed attempt to form a breakaway European Super League (ESL) as they have done a lot for the Premier League club and the community, manager Thomas Tuchel said.
Chelsea Supporters' Trust had called for club chairman Bruce Buck and chief executive Guy Laurence to leave but Tuchel said it was in the past now that they had listened to the fans following Tuesday's protest outside Stamford Bridge.
"The people and the fans know very well that it's also the credit from the owners who improve their clubs, build strong clubs and make the most competitive league in the world," Tuchel told reporters ahead of Saturday's trip to West Ham United.
"They appreciate that very well and the people can read and can divide things from one another. The fans expressed their opinion, they were absolutely not happy.
"But I don't think it effects their opinion of what the owner of this club does for the community, the academy, the women's team and for the first team."
Tuchel said he had not spoken to club owner Roman Abramovich and although many other owners apologised to their respective managers for not discussing the proposal with them first, Tuchel said an apology was not necessary.
"I'm part of the club. It's the club's decision and now they've changed. So there's no need to apologise to me," Tuchel added.
"We were distracted, yeah, because otherwise it wouldn't have made sense to focus on games. Me, personally, I arrived in a state of mind on Tuesday with not the usual mindset I arrive for a match. It's in the past now."
02:46 PM
Guardiola accuses Uefa of failing in duty of care for players
Pep Guardiola has accused Uefa of failing in their duty of care to players with their new Champions League format, comparing it to actors asked to perform three times a day.
The Manchester City manager expects increased injuries when the competition expands in 2024/25 and includes 10 group-stage games instead of six.
“Of course there will be more injuries. Every season is the same, they play as they love to play but the injuries come. Uefa know it but do they care? Absolutely not,” he said.
“It’s like an actor in the theatre, an actor or actress in the theatre three times a day. They don’t enjoy it. Once a day they like it, to go on stage and make a good performance but three times a day is too much.”
“More games and competitions. Every time it’s the same, all the football is asking for better quality and they go for quantity. We are not in charge so we have to ask Uefa and Fifa to extend the year, maybe have 400 days a year and they can find a solution to that. I don’t know, honestly.
“We give our opinion and we cannot do anything. If they decide more games then there are more games, the show must go on. My business is this club, trying to make players better and win titles. Then in the World Cup if they want 56 teams, then we’ll have it.”
Guardiola confirmed that Kevin De Bruyne is back in training after an ankle injury suffered last week. Sergio Aguero is also in contention to play in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
02:37 PM
Real have right to play Champions League despite Super League intentions, says Zidane
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane said the idea that his side could have been booted out of the Champions League due to their role in creating the European Super League was "illogical", adding they were focused on their semi-final tie with Chelsea.
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin had said that the clubs who wished to breakaway would "suffer the consequences" but later said it was unlikely Real could be expelled from this season's Champions League.
Uefa said on Friday it had updated its executive committee on the latest developments on the Super League and the steps it was considering taking but did not announce any actions against the clubs.
"It's illogical (that Real could be expelled). We're going to play in the Champions League as that's our right," Zidane told a news conference ahead of his side's La Liga game against Real Betis on Saturday.
"It's an absurd debate and I don't want to get involved in it. All I can say is that we are getting prepared to play the semi-finals of the Champions League."
Real host Chelsea in a semi-final first leg on Tuesday before visiting Stamford Bridge on May 5. If they see off Thomas Tuchel's side, they will meet either Paris St Germain or Manchester City in the May 29 final in Istanbul.
02:24 PM
Klopp: 'I really hope the bond between us and our supporters might even get stronger'
Jurgen Klopp has been reflecting on the tumultuous events of the last few days in his weekly press briefing.
The Liverpool manager says he has not received nor sought a personal apology from owner John W Henry for the club's involvement in the Super League fiasco.
“I don’t think it’s necessary to be honest. I think I was mentioned in the (video) apology, and the team as well, so that was personal enough for me. No, we have not spoken since then.”
Klopp hopes the relationship between the supporters and owners will heal.
“I cannot tell millions and millions of people how to deal with the situation. I can say how I will try to deal with it,” he said.
“I know the owners for six years. I know there were some moments where they sometimes did not make the right decision – this time for sure – but that doesn’t change too much for me. I prefer dealing with the people I know, rather than just changing, because then you might have the same problems again.
“The only thing I can say is that I really hope the bond between us and our supporters might even get stronger, and we don’t only discuss the things that happened in the past. I just don’t understand life like this. I can tell you I know our owners, they are not perfect like I am not and you are not, but they are good, not bad people. They made a bad decision, that’s true, but let’s carry on. That’s my point of view.
“They all learned their lesson. They will not come around the corner next week and try to do something. I’m pretty sure of that. But now we have to make sure we don’t get any harm off it, a different atmosphere in the club or something. That would be the really bad thing about it. They tried something, it wasn’t allowed, so let’s go back to the beautiful game it always was.
“I think that it’s completely normal after something like this that everybody thinks how can we carry on, but it needs time. You cannot sort it in a week.
"We as a team have to be concentrated on the things we are actually here for, playing football. That’s what we try to do.”
On his players reaction, co-ordinating tweets opposing the ESL, Klopp said:
“It was very good. I’m not surprised about that. They are grown-up people, top characters, top blokes and it was a really good thing to do, just saying your opinion. That’s what they did. Not the first time and for sure not the last time.”
Now Klopp wants a review of changes across football, repeating long-held views about fixture overload.
Klopp said: “Everybody knows my view on more games. You cannot just introduce more games and more competitions. Yes the Super League is off the table. Good. Very good. But the new Champions League is not ‘oh great, let’s do that’. Who read this concept and said ‘oh, that’s perfect!’? Who tells me now that it’s not about money? It’s a joke!
“They showed it to me, they called me and I had one hour with Uefa to see the whole idea, and I said ‘I don’t like it’. There are 10 games instead of six, and I have no idea where we shall put them in. We will see what happens then. Maybe Uefa will ask for the cup competitions in England to be cancelled, or that we have 18 teams only in the league, stuff like this. Tell that to the Premier League and the EFL and they say ‘no way’.
“It’s just ‘play more games’ and as we said before, that’s not possible in this structure. You cannot have 20 teams in the league, two cup competitions, 10 European games before Christmas. We don’t get asked, we just have to deliver.
“We said it before with the Nations League, or when Fifa wanted to have a Club World Cup. They don’t ask, they just introduce it. Why? Money.”
02:01 PM
Financial issues must be 'put right' says David Moyes
West Ham United manager David Moyes has said there are major financial issues that need to be "put right" in football as the fallout continues from the failed Super League.
Moyes said the pandemic provided a chance for football clubs to come together and address some of the financial issues that are threatening the game, but added that it looks like "certain people have tried to do the opposite".
Speaking ahead of his side's crucial match against Chelsea this weekend, Moyes said: “You hear about transfer fees, how much money clubs are going to spend, what are we doing in the transfer window. But the truth is the clubs don't have the money.
“There are lots of other sides to it but a lot of football clubs are skint at this moment in time. Maybe that's the reason why they [the breakaway clubs] thought about it.
“I think there's a lot of corrections that need to be put right in football. I thought if ever there was going to be a time where we could fix football, it was during the pandemic, A chance for football clubs to get together and say we're going to stop overspending, stop giving too much in wages, stop giving agents too much money, we're going to make sure lower-league clubs are looked after.
“But it looks like we've done the opposite, or certain people have tried to do the opposite. I hope we get back to the basis that it's a sport for the people and not just certain ones.”
01:41 PM
Solskjaer 'happy' united fans expressed their views on ESL at Carrington
Ole Gunnar Solsjaer insists the departure of Ed Woodward will not impact his long-term plans of staying at Manchester United.
Solskjaer was appointed by Woodward, who announced he is stepping down as vice-chairman at the end of the year in the fallout from the club attempting to join the European Super League last week.
United manager Solskjaer has one full season on his current terms at Old Trafford and is scheduled to finalise an extension before entering the final year of his deal.
“Football is emotions and emotions run high in football, I've had a very very good working relationship with Ed, the club will have to move on without him,” said Solskjaer. “I'm sure Manchester United will always move on and I'll work as long as Manchester United want me to work here. Hopefully we can end this season successfully and Ed is part of that.”
Solskjaer admitted he was happy that the ESL clubs realised they had made a mistake signing up for a competition where they were guaranteed a place in the competition rather than earning it through their league placing. He met fans who stormed the training ground at Carrington yesterday.
“I will always listen to the fans and it was the only right thing to do to listen to them and speak to them, a peaceful discussion, it's important we respect each other and each other's views,” he said. “I said about what the team will do in the future, it was a good 10 mins and I was happy. We didn't shake hands, gave a fist bump and then we parted.
“I'm very happy the fans have voiced their opinion and that we've listened to them,” said Solskjaer. “In a strange sort of way it's brought the football pyramid and commnunity together and I think that's important.
“I'm a supporter myself, and there'll be a day when I come back and watch Manchester United and I want to watch a Manchester United team with a fear of failure. I didn't like the concept anyway, it has to be on sporting merit.
“I want to earn the right to play in Europe, we know we've been pioneers and we've been in Europe for many, many years, with the Busby Babes, we want to be part of a successful European campaign again. One of my best nights was something we worked really hard towards.”
01:24 PM
We must ensure ESL 'can never happen again' says FA CEO
Football Association CEO Mark Bullingham has released a statement on Super League, saying the FA are "exploring all options" to ensure a similar proposal can never be brought to the fore again.
"Our primary focus is working to ensure this can never happen again. We are exploring all options to prevent that, including legislation and changes to our rulebook. Nothing is off the table," he said.
01:04 PM
European Super League cancelled: Which teams pulled out and what happens next?
The breakaway Super League involving England's "big six" was killed on Tuesday night, just 48 hours after its launch.
Here Telegraph Sport picks apart one of the most tumultuous nights in footballing history, and explores what will happen next for a shamed rebel cartel led by Manchester United and Real Madrid.
12:46 PM
Exclusive: Super League collapse means Project Big Picture should be back on the table, says EFL chief
The "best of Project Big Picture" should be back on the table after the collapse of the European Super League, the domestic breakaway's main architect has declared in an exclusive interview with Tom Morgan.
Rick Parry said the fiasco of the past week underlines why the English Football League chairman held extensive talks with Manchester United and Liverpool last year.
Like the European scheme which collapsed just 48 hours after launch, Project Big Picture, a domestic plot uncovered by Telegraph Sport, was derailed amid national uproar.
Parry has consistently argued that the clandestine talks he held, primarily with Liverpool, United and Greg Clarke, the former FA chairman, would have helped safeguard the future of the pyramid.
You can read more of Tom's exclusive interview with Parry here,
12:31 PM
Exclusive: Arsene Wenger believes all of Europe 'wants to destroy the Premier League'
In an exclusive interview with our Chief Sports Reporter Jeremy Wilson, Arsène Wenger has warned that Europe dreams of destroying the Premier League and revealed his shock at how the English clubs, including Arsenal, were drawn into the disastrous Super League plan.
“It was born dead,” said Wenger. “From the start, I couldn't believe it would work. The most surprising in all that was the English behaviour. Everybody dreams of destroying the Premier League in Europe. In England we do it ourselves.
“I can’t understand the rationality behind that because England voted for Brexit and now they want to bring a super league. The English has the strongest league. The Super League would destroy, 100 per cent, the Premier League.”
Arsene Wenger believes the ESL project was designed by Europe to destroy the Premier League - John Peters /Getty Images
He believes that the Super League idea was driven by the American ownership influence at clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, but is adamant that any new competition can never work without a direct correlation between access and results.
You can read more from Jeremy's fascinating interview with Wenger here.
12:16 PM
Manchester United fans plan Glazer protest before Liverpool match
One group of Manchester United fans have announced plans to protest against the Glazer family ownership of the club before the Premier League fixture against Liverpool, reports Mike McGrath.
The Old Trafford protest is scheduled for a week on Sunday at the stadium's forecourt and will ask to change the ownership to the German model of fans owning 51 per cent of the club.
"We demand that the Glazers begin the process to make this happen with immediate effect," read a statement from the group of supporters.
11:59 AM
Super League contract details revealed
German outlet Der Spiegel have released a report containing details of the Super League contract between the clubs, which show both Barcelona and Real Madrid were due to receive 60 million euros each in a flat fee.
The documents also show that Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund would have all received a smaller share of revenue than the other 11 clubs. Both Spanish clubs are under a significant mountain of debt, with the Super League rumoured to be seen as a way for them to recover financially.
The Der Spiegel report also indicates that each club would have been allowed to broadcast four matches per season exclusively on their own club channels.
Seville, St Petersburg replace Bilbao and Dublin for Euro 2020
Away from the ESL drama, Uefa have announced that Seville has replaced Bilbao as a host city for Euro 2020 with St Petersburg in Russia, already a host venue, taking the three group stage games from Dublin.
Wembley Stadium has gained the Irish capital's last-16 match, adding to its list of fixtures, which include the semi-finals and final.
Uefa's executive committee was forced into the changes after Bilbao and Dublin could not guarantee the presence of fans at matches. Munich, which had been in doubt, has been confirmed as a venue.
Munich was the third host city that had been unable to offer Uefa the fan guarantees it needed but a new plan to allow at least 14,500 supporters into the Allianz Arena, despite rising infection numbers in the country, was approved by Uefa.
“We have been working diligently with the host associations and local authorities to ensure a safe and festive environment at the games and I am really pleased that we are able to welcome spectators at all matches for a celebration of national team football across the continent," said Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.
11:33 AM
Latest from Sam Dean on Arsenal response
Telegraph Sport understands that Arsenal chief executive Vinai Venkatesham and board member Tim Lewis have today spoken to all staff on a call, as the club's leaders continue to apologise for their involvement in the botched Super League.
Venkatesham and director Josh Kroenke, of owners KSE, had spoken to key supporters groups on Thursday night in a feisty fans' forum.
It is understood that Kroenke will also speak to the club's employees in the coming days and that the indication from these calls has been that KSE are willing to invest in strengthening the squad this summer.
Arsenal fans are planning to protest against the owners ahead of tonight's match against Everton.
11:18 AM
ECA signals willingness to readmit breakaway executives
The Super League clubs resigned from the European Club Association at the weekend having announced their intention to break away.
However, a tweet from the ECA on Friday appeared to offer hope of returning to the fold.
"We want to move past the events of this week and encourage and inspire the global football community, as matches return this weekend," it read.
"Clubs can only succeed both on & off the pitch if we work hand in hand.
"The message from ECA Members is clear: Let's Get BackToTheGame."
Juventus were one of the breakaway clubs, and its chairman Andrea Agnelli was until last Sunday the chairman of the ECA.
11:02 AM
Angry Arsenal fans tell Josh Kroenke Super League plot was 'cowardly' and 'a disgrace'
Arsenal director Josh Kroenke was told by furious fans that the club’s involvement in the botched Super League was a “disgrace” and “cowardly” as the American owners continue to face mounting pressure from supporters, reports Sam Dean.
Kroenke, the son of owner Stan, was angrily asked if the time had come for him to leave English football and was told that it was “clear that you do not know enough about our game” in a feisty call with key fan groups.
Arsenal are bracing for protests outside the Emirates on Friday night, with many supporters expected to voice their fury at the owners ahead of the Premier League match against Everton.
Kroenke appeared at a fans’ forum on Thursday to admit that the club had “got it wrong” by agreeing to join the proposed Super League, which crumbled within days.
An influential Manchester United fan group, the 'Red Knights' have issued an open letter urging the Glazer family to sell the club, following similar calls form Arsenal fan groups against the Kroenke's.
The group set out a list of demands to Joel Glazer on how he can repair the damage done to the club, including announcing "a plan to sell your collective family stake down to a maximum of 49.9 per cent".
The letter also called for a supervisory board to be set up, under which the fans would have 50 + 1 per cent voting rights.
Steve Bruce has expressed his relief that the ESL project has fallen apart, calling the "remarkable" fan outcry as "terrific".
“My emotions when I heard about the Super League were the same as everybody else’s. Thankfully the Big Six have taken a slapping, a really bad slapping. It has been quite remarkable the outcry and it was pretty clear we weren’t going to have it. That’s terrific," the Newcastle manager said.
“I’m all for the reaction of the supporters. We have spoken for too long about supporters not mattering as much, so for them to bring it down and bring it down so quickly, fair play to them.
“But we’ve got to carry on guarding against it because this thing must have been rumbling on for months, years even, in the background. We must guard against it, this threat has to be stopped. I’ll let the authorities and the Premier League deal with that, people more intelligent than me.
“There are certainly going to be questions asked [in terms of trusting the Big Six] but the power of the other 14 clubs and the Premier League itself, we know we have a spectacle that is the envy of the world. The other big European clubs don’t have that so it is vital we protect that. The spectacle is West Brom beating Chelsea and scoring five, it’s Sheffield United going to Old Trafford and winning. That’s why people like the Premier League. Elsewhere in Europe the big clubs have their own way far too easily. The Big Six here don’t get that, it’s tougher for them. That’s why only two of the Big Six are in the top four at the moment and two of them aren’t even in the top six. That shows you everything
“It’s not just Manchester United, I think all of them got a shock at the reaction and that’s why it got shut down so quickly. We have to protect [against them] because to get to that stage [league being announced] it must have been going on for months [in secret]. It baffles me.
“Look at West Ham going for a top four finish, look at Leicester and how much they have improved… who is to say those clubs aren’t part of the Big Six now….”
09:56 AM
An extraordinary week in pictures
Fans display a banner reacting to the collapse of the planned creation of a European Super League, ahead of the match between Aston Villa and Manchester City at Villa Park - GEOFF CADDICK /AFP Chelsea fans protest the planned European Super League outside Stamford Bridge - MATTHEW CHILDS /REUTERS A man walks past a grafiti entitled "The failed coup" by Italian artist Laika, showing Juventus President Andrea Agnelli puncturing a football - FILIPPO MONTEFORTE /AFP Tottenham fans gather outside before their home game against Southampton to protest against the Tottenham owners - David Klein /Sportimage Banners are seen outside Anfield after the collapse of English involvement in the proposed European Super League - Jon Super /AP
09:39 AM
England to be given another Euro 2021 'home' game as Uefa snubs Super League rebels Spurs
England’s European Championship adventure could be played almost entirely at Wembley after the Super League fiasco killed Tottenham Hotspur's bid to host extra matches, reports Tom Morgan.
The national stadium will on Friday be handed a last-16 tie originally scheduled for Dublin – and featuring the winners of England’s group – with the Irish capital unable to meet Uefa’s deadline for guaranteeing fans could attend it.
Wembley already has the most games for the tournament, three group matches, a last-16 tie, both semi-finals and the final. But it will be given an eighth match, a last-16 tie on June 29 involving the winners of England’s group, which could mean Gareth Southgate’s side playing all but one game at Wembley in a near-repeat of Euro 96.
An announcement will be made on Friday amid a wave of goodwill at Uefa towards Mark Bullingham, the FA’s chief executive, for his role in torpedoing a rebellion by Europe’s richest clubs this week.
JP Morgan, the American bank who had agreed to provide initial financial backing to the Super League, have today released a statement distancing themselves from the project and admitting they "misjudged" what the public would think of the deal.
"We clearly misjudged how this deal would be viewed by the wider football community and how it might impact them in the future. We will learn from this."
The bank provided a 3.5 billion euro ($4.2 billion) grant to the founding clubs to spend on infrastructure and recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wow! JP Morgan has released a statement essentially disavowing the Super League it agreed to back to the tune of €3-4bn. pic.twitter.com/I9804Jxm7L
Sport Letters: Did the 'Big Six' clubs really lose over Super League fiasco? No!
In this week's mailbag: Now-defunct European Super League has got tongues wagging
We've been fielding letters from readers this week on the Super League and you have duly provided some fascinating observations.
You can read all the letters from our readers here.
09:00 AM
'Choosing Florentino Perez to lead the European Super League meant it was doomed from the off'
The fact the 'Big Six' thought him an appropriate figurehead for their wretched heist tells you all you need to know about their judgement, thinks Jim White.
What has become clear over the past few days is the extraordinary level of incompetence that prevails at the very top of English football. Given the shambles they made of their Super League breakaway, you wouldn’t put any of the owners of our self-styled 'Big Six' clubs in charge of the tombola stand at a village fete. Well not unless you were prepared to risk the certainty that within minutes of opening the stall the marquee would have collapsed, the raffle tickets would have blown away and the six of them would have tried to leg it with all the prizes. But perhaps the single biggest indicator of their collective delusion is this: they were prepared to be led into the project by Florentino Perez, who they appointed the first Super League President. This is the most catastrophically tarnished business leader in world football. During the twelve years of his second term as president of Real Madrid, Perez has managed to transform the most valuable sporting brand around into a financial basket case. The club has won the Champions League four times under his control, earning enough to buy each of its players a Mediterranean super yacht, yet is currently weighed down with so much debt it makes Donald Trump’s golfing business look buoyant.
Premier League to rewrite rules to ban any future breakaway plot
The Premier League is set to introduce changes to its rulebook which would prevent any future breakaways by the 'Big Six' rebel clubs, Telegraph Sport has reported.
A global furore around the European Super League fiasco has cemented the determination of top tier executives to agree on new legal powers.
Competition law changes are being considered as part of an internal governance review sparked even before the Project Big Picture domestic coup last autumn.
While new laws are expected to stop short of immediate expulsions, lawyers are understood to be working through options that would be designed to make it impossible for any club to join a breakaway.
The group of Manchester United fans who arrived yesterday at Carrington to protest the Super League did not breach to club's Covid biosecure bubble.
The group of fans unveiled banners and blocked the first team's access to the training pitch until they were spoken to by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Once the manager listened to their complaints, they left.
Police at Manchester United's Carrington training ground where a group of 'supporters' have protested by reportedly gaining access and speaking with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - Anthony Moss /MEN Media
As United confirm no bio-bubble breach yesterday, security fears for the Carabao Cup are on the rise and protests are expected to escalate.
With 8,000 fans due to be in attendance, the Football Association are set to review security for this weekend’s Carabao Cup final.
Manchester City’s clash with Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday will be the first fixture between ESL clubs since the secret breakaway from the “Big Six” in England was revealed and dramatically collapsed amid fury from supporters.
According to FA sources, they are aware that the showpiece has the potential for more protests and security for the event will reflect this. As a test event for fans to return, the 8,000 at the national stadium will be the biggest English crowd since the Covid-19 pandemic closed football’s doors.
Liverpool fan group accuses John W Henry of 'damaging the reputation of our club and our city'
The influential Liverpool fan group Sion Kop 1906 have sent an open letter to the club's owner John W Henry in which they accuse the American billionaire of "ignorance" and "lack of understanding".
Highlighting the numerous run-ins the fans have had with their owners over ticket prices and furlough, the scathing letter reads: "As fans, we're appalled by the events of the last few days. Due to your ignorance, lack of consultation and lack of understanding, yet again you have brought shame and embarrassment on Our Football Club."
"Over the last few days, the utter contempt you have shown towards the Manager, Staff, Players and Supporters, is truly disgraceful."
"Enough is enough. The countless mistakes, the countless apologies, the countless backtracking, are damaging Our Club and Our City. We don't want anymore hollow or patronising apologies, we want change. We want action, not words."
The letter then urges Henry to have a roundtable with fans before somewhat sarcastically signing off: "'Thanks for listening.'"
How PSG and Nasser Al-Khelaifi emerged as the big winners from Super League crisis
PSG and their Qatari chairman are now in a position of political power within European club football, says Jason Burt.
In a week when so many of Europe’s biggest clubs and most influential owners have done so much damage Nasser Al-Khelaifi has quietly emerged as the most powerful man in club football.
Not that he would see it that way. The softly-spoken Qatari is the chairman and chief executive of Paris-Saint Germain, a relatively new superpower, but he is also deeply respectful of the traditions of football.
One of the 47-year-old’s heroes is the former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who he admires for his achievements and his history in the game, and he feels similarly about Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the chairman of Bayern Munich.
In fact the alliance of Al-Khelaifi and Rummenigge became a key one in heading off the now aborted European Super League with PSG hugely impressed the backlash in England once it was announced.
You can read Jason fascinating geopolitical analysis here.
07:38 AM
A British Super League would be fun - for the one season it would take Celtic and Rangers to be relegated
For a brief moment this week, social media had one of its regular flutters. Rumours had spread that, in the wake of the Super League idea, there was to be a new football competition introduced in its stead: a British League. Rangers and Celtic were to be invited to join an expanded Premier League.
As an idea it lasted for an even shorter time than the Glazer/Henry revolution, fired down from all sides. Indeed, so much of a non-starter was it that it was not entirely clear who had ever suggested it might happen in the first place. This was fantasy football writ large.
But the intriguing thing is: why were so many excited by the idea? What is it about the prospect of the Glasgow giants engaging regularly with England’s top sides that whets the appetite? Was it simply driven by a nostalgic urge to return to the days when Celtic would vie with Leeds in the latter stages of the European Cup or thousands of Rangers fans swarmed Manchester for a Uefa Cup final in 2008?
Jim White and Ben Rumsby investigate and answer your questions here.
07:18 AM
Real Madrid face Champions League expulsion as Florentino Perez insists Super League is 'on standby'
Real Madrid face being thrown out of next season’s Champions League over their ongoing refusal to walk away from the European Super League, reports Ben Rumsby.
Aleksander Ceferin, the president of Uefa, also revealed there was "a relatively small possibility" Real’s semi-final against Chelsea would not take place after Florentino Perez, the Spanish club's president, claimed his breakaway tournament was on "standby".
England’s Super League plotters were themselves facing further punishment for plunging the game into civil war, with Ceferin warning all those involved would "suffer the appropriate consequences".
Football review will look at owners, finances and role of fans
A wholesale review of the way English football is run will consider creating a new regulator, changing the "fit and proper person test" for owners and examine how to give fans a greater say in how their clubs are run.
The review, ordered in the wake of the European Super League debacle, will also consider interventions to protect clubs' identities - including their location and team badges.
Ministers hope the doomed breakaway bid by the so-called 'big six' teams will prove to be a "watershed moment" for the national game, creating a new environment where fans have a greater say.
Former sports minister Tracey Crouch will lead the work, which could result in new laws being passed to improve the governance of the sport.
The widely condemned European Super League proposals involving Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham were the catalyst for the launch of the review.
But it will examine wider questions about the way the sport is run, looking at examples such as the collapse of Bury Football Club, which went into administration last year having been expelled from the English Football League in 2019 due to financial problems.
Sports minister Nigel Huddleston said: "Football begins and ends with fans and we have seen that passionately displayed this week. It must be a watershed moment in our national game.
"We must capitalise on this momentum. Clubs are the beating heart of their local communities and this important review will help put football on a surer footing for the future where supporters' voices are heard."
The review will examine the way the game is run overseas, such as Germany's Bundesliga where teams are only allowed to take part if commercial investors hold no more than a 49 per cent stake in their ownership, giving fans a major say in the running of their clubs.
It will examine whether the existing owners' and directors' tests are fit for purpose and consider whether additional criteria should be added.
The review will also look at whether oversight of foreign ownership of clubs is sufficient to protect the interests of the game.
Ms Crouch said: "Football means so much to so many people in this country and my review will be firmly focused on the fans.
"It will look closely at the issues of governance, ownership and finance and take the necessary steps to retain the game's integrity, competitiveness and, most importantly, the bond that clubs have with its supporters and the local community."
The review will investigate whether administrators could better scrutinise clubs' finances on a regular basis and examine how money flows through the football pyramid, including solidarity and parachute payments and broadcasting revenue.
Ministers will work with Ms Crouch to set out the next steps in the review in the coming days.
Ms Crouch's review will be presented to Mr Huddleston and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, along with the Football Association, before being laid in Parliament.
Malcolm Clarke, chair of the Football Supporters' Association, described the actions of the 'big six' as "the best own goal we've ever seen" and welcomed the review.
"The owners of the big six have shown how powerful they are - their plans were so awful that within 24 hours a fan-led review that will look at the very power structures of football was announced," he said. "It's the best own goal we've ever seen.
"We welcome the release of the Terms of Reference and look forward to supporters being at the absolute heart of this review. The status quo cannot continue and we will demand change."
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