Liverpool’s supporter group in charge of Kop’s banners and flags will protest the announcement of the controversial Super League by leaving the iconic stand bar for Saturday’s home game against Newcastle.
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Sunday night’s shock news about the plans for a European Super League with all the Premier League so-called ‘Big Six’ sent shock waves around the world.
The proposals were met with threats and legal challenges from the likes of the Premier League, La Liga and UEFA, while the general reaction has been very critical of what is perceived as a money guy who takes football further away from the fans and true sport. merit.
We, along with other groups involved in flags, will remove our flags from The Kop. We feel that we can no longer give our support to a club that puts financial greed over the integrity of the game.
– Spion Kop 1906 (@ SpionKop1906) 19 April 2021
Supporters from all six Premier League sides involved made condemnatory statements about the announcement, with Liverpool’s Spirit of Shankly group calling the move a “relentless and greedy pursuit of money.”
Meanwhile, Spion Kop 1906, the group that organizes banners for Kop at Anfield, has asked the club to remove all flags from the stand before the next Premier League home game on Saturday 24 April.
This means that the stadium will look empty before the collision with Newcastle and beyond.
#Embarrassed as fan representatives, we are appalled and completely oppose this decision. FSG has ignored fans in their relentless and greedy pursuit of money. Football is not ours. Our football club is not ours. We will respond fully to this statement in due course. https://t.co/vFsykEm1Qz
– Spirit of Shankly (@spiritofshankly) April 18, 2021
In a statement on Twitter, Spion Kop wrote in 1906: “We, together with other groups involved in flags, will remove our flags from The Kop. We feel that we can no longer give our support to a club that puts financial greed over the integrity of the game. “
A spokesman for Spion Kop 1906 told The Athletic: “We have been in contact with the club today to make it clear that we want all banners and flags removed as soon as possible. We are removing our support from now on.
“It is shameful and completely disgusting what the owners have done. We do not know how it has come this far without consulting fans.
The cup could look very different this weekend Alex Livesey – Danehouse / Getty Images
“They have sold their soul. No Liverpool fan could come on board with this Super League. It would be good to hear the manager and players come out and back the fans on this.”
Liverpool face Leeds on Elland Road on Monday night in a match that is likely to be overshadowed by the surrounding events.
Whether Jurgen Klopp or any of the Liverpool players will comment directly on the latest news and its ramifications is unknown, although the Reds manager famously went on record as the opposition of the Super League as late as 2019.
