Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free If the pandemic has proven anything to the owners of football clubs, it is that the sport can exist without supporters in the stands at the grounds.
The money people spend on tickets, merchandise, food and drink during their day out will always be welcome revenue, of course, but fans have been forced to follow their teams via television in the last year and the football world has continued to turn.
It will be broadcast revenues which lie at the heart of the European Super League, the newly proposed competition which will see a largely closed shop of clubs competing against each other year after year.
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