In an incredible event, all 12 so-called founding clubs in the two-day-old Super League have been in talks on Tuesday night, looking for an exit strategy after the loud protests against the breakaway competition.
History has developed and moved at a ridiculous pace since the closed-door competition was announced late on Sunday night and Chelsea became the first club to dramatically begin to draw up plans to pull out the proposals.
The decision was apparently forced by a fan protest outside Stamford Bridge ahead of the Blues’ Premier League meeting with Brighton in west London on Tuesday night.
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Chelsea supporters protest off the ground ADRIAN DENNIS / Getty Images
Hundreds of Chelsea fans lined Fulham Road to protest the club’s decision to join the Super League, preventing the team bus from reaching the stadium.
Club legend and technical director Petr Cech even went out in angry protesters to reconsider with them and ask them to let the coach pass.
Shortly afterwards, it was revealed that Chelsea had begun to draw up plans to withdraw from the proposals, which triggered wild celebrations among the protesters.
It has now been revealed that all 12 founding clubs have been in crisis talks as they desperately seek an exit strategy from the much damaged plans.
All 12 founding clubs in the European Super League have been in talks and looked at the “exit strategy” from their plans. Source says – with a bit of understatement – ‘They have heard the fans’
– Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) April 20, 2021
According to Sam Wallace of The Telegraph, representatives from Milan, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have been on a call to find a way out after ha ‘heard the fans.
Man City became the second club to begin preparations to withdraw from the Super League, with several reports circulating that Man Utd, Tottenham, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid will soon follow.
More to follow …
