Jamie Lang A handful of Europe’s biggest clubs — or at least its most profitable clubs — under the cover of darkness late Sunday evening released a letter outlining plans to form a breakaway European Super League, consolidating the power and money for European club football in the hands of those few owners.
Unsurprisingly, it boils down to broadcast rights: although the 12 co-signing clubs have argued otherwise, the main point of contention seems to be that they are unhappy with their split of broadcast money and want a bigger piece of the pie they believe they’re responsible for baking.The league covers six clubs from England (Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham); three from Spain (Real Madrid,.
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