Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPlans to launch the controversial European Super League among elite soccer teams lie in tatters after the six English clubs previously involved said that they had withdrawn.
They appear to have misjudged the scale of negative reactions from government and fans.Plans for the breakaway league were announced on Sunday and would have seen upwards of a dozen English and continental European club teams quit existing European tournaments and instead seen them play each other in mid-week matches.
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