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Spurs sack Mourinho as De Bruyne is ruled out of City’s Gameweek 32 match

Tottenham Hotspur have announced that they have parted company with head coach Jose Mourinho.

Rumours about the Spurs manager’s departure started to swirl on Monday morning, with the club confirming his exit soon after.

Coaches Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have also been relieved of their duties.

A statement from chairman Daniel Levy said:

Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a Club. Jose is a true professional who showed enormous resilience during the pandemic. On a personal level, I have enjoyed working with him and regret that things have not worked out as we both had envisaged. He will always be welcome here and we should like to thank him and his coaching staff for their contribution.

Ryan Mason will take first-team training in Mourinho’s stead today, with widespread media reports suggesting that the 29-year-old former Spurs midfielder and fellow youth team coach Chris Powell will be in temporary charge of the Lilywhites from now until the end of the season.

It’ll be interesting to see if those appointments help or hinder the first-team prospects of Gareth Bale (£9.2m) – who Mason has spoken fondly of in the past – and Dele Alli (£7.4m), following their fall from favour under their now-former head coach.

Spurs are in Double Gameweek 32 action against Southampton on Wednesday evening and Mourinho had been scheduled to face the media tomorrow ahead of that game.

The north London side then blank in Gameweek 33 because of their involvement in the EFL Cup final.

An update on the condition of Harry Kane (£11.8m) is awaited after the striker limped out of the 2-2 draw with Everton last Friday.

Spurs face Manchester City in this weekend’s final and the Citizens could well be without Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m) for that clash.

City posted a medical bulletin on Monday morning, confirming that the Belgian suffered an injury to his right foot and ankle in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final defeat against Chelsea.

The full extent of the problem is not yet known but De Bruyne will definitely miss the midweek clash with Aston Villa.

SPURS UNDER MOURINHO – OPTA FACTS

  • During his time with the club, Jose Mourinho won just 51% of his games in charge in all competitions (44/86). Only with Leiria (45%) has he posted a lower win ratio with a single club during his managerial career.
  • Spurs have lost 13 games in all competitions this season, the highest number of defeats Mourinho has suffered in a single campaign in all competitions during his managerial career.
  • Only Man City (130), Liverpool (117) and Man Utd (116) picked up more Premier League points than the Lilywhites (95) during Mourinho’s tenure.
  • Only Brighton (31) and Southampton (30) shipped more points from winning positions in the Premier League than Mourinho’s Spurs (27). Twenty of those lost points have come in 2020/21.
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  1. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    If it's true that Maureen did indeed 'take a stand', then I will give him his due respect for that.

    But, until I see proof that is indeed the case, then I'm taking it with a pinch of salt.

    Remember, Maureen has no problem being a multi-millionaire who does adverts for gambling companies and anything else he can help to flog. He's took over Chelsea when they were the first EPL team to be pumped with nefarious Oligarch fueled cash. Then he was at Madrid who are basically the bond villain of football clubs.

    Not saying any of that above is that bad... just that Maureen has never struck me as a guy who particularly cares about morality or even appearing outwardly to be the 'good guy'.

    So I'd be a little surprised if it does indeed turn out he took a moral stand and lost his job as a result.

    But happy to be proved wrong on this one!

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I don't buy it neither, especially a few days before a final

    2. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      He's a opportunist when it comes to the press plain and simple. Jose will have walked away only if he saw it as excellent timing to be taking a stand for Jose.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah bang on.

    3. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      All of his coaching team got booted too. Suggests that it was performance related.

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Probably duff news of course but equally possible that they got booted for not carrying out training too.

    4. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Better to appear to be sacked for taking a moral stand than for poor performance

      The money he gets will presumably be the same regardless of the reason for sacking unless it is considered something like 'gross misconduct' etc.

    5. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      All kicked off from a fake journalist account and then the internet did its thing, afaik.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 11 months ago

          This lol, got people saying he did this on purpose to get sacked, even though he's right by a cup final

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 11 months ago

          He never according to reliable reports and tbh would he ever give up a chance to win a cup? Ludicrous people suggesting he did this to get sacked and look like a hero, conspiracy in everything

          He's a cup focused manager and always has been, there's nothing more he'd love than to take one from pep too

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            My favourite.

        • El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          I dont know if that was the case and tbh I find it difficult to believe, this greedy BS was just anounced so... but I do know he donates roughly 10% of his income to all sorts of charity projects. Most in Portugal but not only. In Africa for example he´s helping out a lot of schools for young kids.The real Mourinho is very different from the football personna he created, people are very quick to judge others based on nothing.

          1. thegaffer82
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            I get your point. And, I'm sure if you're Mourinho's friend or family member, or indeed if you met him for some reason, he's be a charming chap and probably generous too.

            But you can't say that people's dislike of him is based on "nothing".

            We've seen enough of him over the many, many years he's been in the game for our opinions to be based on 'something'. And, something substantial too.

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              This is the flip side story you're looking for

              https://www.si.com/soccer/2013/04/10/real-madrid-fan-jose-mourinho?utm_source=reddit.com

        • ClassiX
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Y'all are conspiracy amateurs! Levy did this 100% to deflect from Spurs' role in the ESL news story. (Also, because Maureen went and organised his own vaccine shot) 😉

          1. LAMELA_AND_CONSUELA
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            So now it is Levy's PR masterpiece, instead of Mourinho's one:) Things have been changing so quickly these days:)

        • Scholes Out For Summer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          It was based on performance alone. Fabrizio Romano already tweeted about this. The training story is bogus

        • Do I Not Like Orange
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          I'm not too bothered about the reasons, I just think it's pretty classless timing from Spurs just before a cup final - whatever you think of his current ability (and it's clearly not what it was), he does have a tendency to bring home trophies, and for a team with 1 trophy in over 20 years, that's not to be sniffed at. I think Levy has an inflated image of Spurs' position as a club after the freak CL final run, but the reality is outside of Kane & Son their squad is bang average, in large part due to him. Careful what you wish for - looking at the betting favourites for the job, the list after Nagelsman & Rodgers is pretty rancid. End up with Scott Parker, Eddie Howe or Rafa Benitez (basically Mourinho, a few years further along in his decline) and it will look a pretty silly decision.

      3. SHOWSTOPPERRR
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Sorry repost guys

        Guys why mendy didn't start in fa Cup? Any injury related issues?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Can't be certain, but Kepa usually plays in the cup matches (I expect he will start the FA Cup final too). Mendy may be injured or out of favour, but you can't tell that from the FA Cup line up as Mendy doesn't usually start or even make the bench for those.

          1. SHOWSTOPPERRR
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            OK thanks.

        2. tbos83
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Kepa has always played the cup games

          1. SHOWSTOPPERRR
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Thanks

      4. R.C
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Mou sacked for performance related issues

        https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1384092251945455625

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            2 years, 11 months ago

            No no, he took and stand against the super league and did it to get deliberately sacked ahead of a cup final so he could look like a hero(!) That's what we expect from the eye poking, laundry hiding, park the bus with a big team pioneer Mou- caring what people think over a chance to win a cup

        2. thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Are we allowed to talk about FPL again yet? Or is too early?

          Just looking at the fixtures for DGW... and I would say there isn't even one team that looks like they have two plum fixtures there. Then there's the fact that 4 of them are likely to blank the following week which throws another massive spanner in the works.

          FH35 & build for the blank? Or, build for the DGW & FH in 36?

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Pretty much agreed on fixtures.

            United fixtures probably the best double of the big clubs. Leicester defence isn't up to much recently.

            Palace would have a very plum double - just about the best possible given they can't play themselves.

            Everton are interesting as a DGW team with ok fixtures and SHU in 36.

          2. Pompel
            • 10 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            For the very reasons you mention, I'm thinking FH33 as originally planned and navigate the damp squid DGW35 with FT's. Just make sure to not load up on United and Leicester

          3. Silecro
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            I am on WC currently and here is my draft to navigate DGW35 and BGW36:

            Martinez
            Trent,Coady,Phillips
            Rashford,Salah,Greenwood, Lingard,Zaha
            Watkins, Nacho

            Leno, Dallas, Ward, Kane

            7 DGW players, Nacho will become DCL in 36 (and maybe Rashford>Son) which will leave me with only 1 or 2 blankers for 36

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Looks fun

              Greenwood Rashford Nacho Zaha Ward is one too many to carry into 35 imo. I'd be thinking of at least one Everton over a United mid.

              1. Silecro
                • 6 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                The problem is, i'm really reluctant to bring any of Everton mids. James injury prone, sigurdsson not consistent enough and not even assured of starts, DCL and Richarlison are only ones i would bring from EVE; maybe Holgate.

                Zaha may be shifted by the end of the week for Maddison or someone, still early draft

                1. pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Siggy?

                  Share your feelings about Everton really. But as someone who has been eying the potential Palace double in 35 for a few weeks now and was even thinking of it as a TC option I'm not sure I'd use two spots. Zaha is the only one I'd consider.

                  But even then truthfully the ethos of the team has changed since early season when Zaha was a live option. There was - strangely - quite a lot of front foot football being played then. Against WBA recently it was all rearguard action with a breakout goal. Hard to step it up just for one match -especially when it will be on the back of a number of poor performances.

        3. Party time
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Kane ruled out of Wednesday encounter by me

            1. thegaffer82
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Who are you? 😉

          • Bggz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Bale hattrick here we come

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              🙂

              It's going to happen isn't it

            2. LAMELA_AND_CONSUELA
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Please do not tell me this:) My fear of taking hit to get rid of him may somehowe transform into one of the shrewdest move in my whole career:)

          • GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Jose will be back. He'll still be grumpy but he'll be back.

            https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kiXOm4Vaw

          • rokonto
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Yessss Bale hatty incoming

            1. rokonto
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Just seen someone else said this lol

          • Ruinenlust
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            florentino perez saved football. i won’t have to pay exuberant prices to watch champions league and premier league on two different channels who are in fact very responsible for the commercialisation of football and making it impossible for a lot of fans to watch premier league and champions league. sky and bt sport will perish alhamdulillah and i won’t have to see trash players injure top talent as much in the esl compared to the prem you got so many clumsy players in the prem and not only that but ugly football constantly for instance sean dyche’s deep block is horrendous to watch and i hope i never have to see him or sam allardyce again

            1. notlob legin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              As a football fan I love seeing the lower teams up against the so called bigger teams. The way they set up and play makes the game far more enjoyable to watch.
              To me the most boring games are generally the top teams playing each other - they cancel each other out and are often not great spectacles to watch.
              I respect your view, but totally disagree

              1. AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Exactly.

                In football a non league team can beat a Premier League team in the FA Cup.

                Top 6 in EPL can be drab.

                It's not rugby

                1. AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Where the strongest team normally wins.

                  Football is an open competition.

                  It's the USA Wall Street owners who don't understand qualification for Champions League threatens their franchised product.

                  Stick to grid iron or baseball guys and get your hands off Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.

            2. zes
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              this may shock you but some fans actually support their local team and some even like to attend the games, which will obviously be a lot more difficult when they're playing in Shanghai or New York.

              1. Goro Majima
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 4 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Yep, and some fans (even of "big 6" clubs) actually think it's acceptable if their team is beaten by a club with less money, in the interests of worthwhile sporting competition.

              2. The FPL Units
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Super League is not about the local fan, it's about the global fan. Global fan cannot go see a game in the UK but if its played in their city.......it could be very popular.

                1. zes
                  • 8 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  that's kinda my point though... football clubs rose out of local communities, they are by and for the people of that area, not the 'global fan'. It's about the fans who go to games. If you see football as jsut another form of the entertainment industry like cinema or pop music then of course you're right. But to me it's (or at least used to be), seeing friends and going to games, banter in the pub after or with rival fans at work, away days, the buzz of a city after a win and the sense of community you get in a football crowd. That's what football was built upon. As Sir Bobby put it:

                  "What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love."

                  1. El Presidente
                    • 4 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Absolutely. Global game = global fans = plastic BS = death of football

                    1. The FPL Units
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Football will not die because of this.

                  2. The FPL Units
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    I am coming from experiencing PL teams coming down under to NZ. Newcastle and Westham played Wellington Phoenix and Sydney FC (A League teams) in Wellington. It was amazing to have those teams here and was a sell out. Just for some friendly games. Also saw LA Galaxy play us when Beckham was still.aroind. I can see the global appeal and maybe these clubs are taking football on the next step from what has been built before.

                    1. RichardNixon
                      • 7 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Exactly. I hate what they are doing but I get it from their point of view. All the pre-season friendlies around the world are sold out. The brands of these clubs has grown well beyond the domestic level. If they can take their brands to the international markets it will be a massive cash cow for them. In comparison the existing model hinders them financially imo.

                      I'm in Oz and like you understand that if say a couple of games per year would be played in Sydney they would sell-out in minutes and the media attention would be immense. We don't get world class players playing here but the interest in the game is very strong. Imagine what it's like in places like Asia and North America. The commercial opportunities in these places would be second to none for the clubs.

                      1. AC/DC AFC
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        Watch F1 if you want a travelling money circus to visit.

                    2. AC/DC AFC
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Roots are crucial for any living organism to thrive.

                      We're not quite in the global dystopia just yet! Even though tech can make it seem that way.

                      Soul matters.

            3. ElChapo
              • 5 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              This comment absolutely reaks of someone who doesn't actually watch football, he just watches youtube clips of messi and ronaldo.

              "trash players injure top talent" < < < what does this comment even mean? players who play for burnley are no clumsier than players who play for united, look at wan bisakka, the clumsiest player in the premier league without exception. also, please give me examples of "clumsy players injuring top talent".

              "ugly football constantly" < < < this is such an elitist comment - burnley played good football against united yesterday and were unlucky, i'd much rather watch burnley than city pass and pass and pass and pass.

              please stick to youtube and keep your opinions away from real football

              1. Ruinenlust
                • 6 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                No one is forcing you to watch the super league

                You can still watch Burnley and all the other trash teams in the Premier League if you want to lol.

                1. ElChapo
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  i shouldn't be made to feel ashamed of the club i've loved for all my life because clueless yanks, a russian criminal, and soul less criminal arabs want to line their pockets even more

                  1. Yank Revolution
                    • 12 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Dont forget the Italian who conjured the whole thing up.

                2. AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  There is no super league.

                  Some of the comments on here thought it was inevitable because of a few press statements.

                  No idea or grip of reality.

            4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Did you enjoy the 0-0 between Liverpool & Madrid or the 1-0 between Chelsea & Man City by any chance?

              1. Ruinenlust
                • 6 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Yes

                1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                  • 14 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Really? Or are you telling porkies? 😉

                2. pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Why?

              2. Nightcrawler
                • 4 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Much more than wolves Sheffield...

                1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                  • 14 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Why did you watch Wolves Sheffield 😆

            5. Studs Up
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              The only thing going for u here is that this site is free to post a comment.
              Not even sure why I reply, but in any case...u are entitled to ur opinion.

            6. Warblers
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              My guess is you don't have a local team you support. Seems you are the type of fan that enable these owners to destroy the game with their greed.

              1. Nightcrawler
                • 4 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                These type of fans is also why Clubs like UTD are able to buy the top players

          • Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            2 years, 11 months ago

            Spurs fan on BBC comments section. Couldn't agree more.

            'Forget the dodgy team selections and negative football. I'm mostly relieved we can get rid of the trademark Mourinho 'feel-bad factor'. He brought a cloud to the club. The players looked miserable. He was always confrontational. Maybe now we can enjoy the game again.'

            1. LAMELA_AND_CONSUELA
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Let me say iteuphemistically he is little bit outdated manager as regards to relationships management. Things which worked well 10-15 years ago (public criticism of particular players, who are gifted but have problems with work ethic and commitment) seem not work anymore. And most importantly, he is not gettiing results he used to get:)

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  He still has a place as a short term at a big club with big players, but he may win you a cup or two and then implode the club within 3 years so is it worth it

                  Tbh I thought spurs were accepting that for a cup so very strange timing on the sacking

                • Rupert The Horse
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Yes I recently said this. He was a great manager but times have shifter past his skill set.

                • pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  I'm trying to remember if he was so publicly confrontational with players in his early years or if this is a late era development.

                  Joe Cole is the closest I can get to .

                  But even then I don't recall so much explicit confrontation. Hazard? But that came quite late.

                  1. RichardNixon
                    • 7 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Casillas was one example at Madrid. Mata was another one he didn't treat well in his second spell at Chelsea. De Bruyne and Lukaku also got hung out to dry but they weren't high profile players back then.

                    Before that I don't remember it ever happening at his first spell with Chelsea, Porto or Inter. If anything he had complete loyalty from his players in his early years.

                    1. pingissimus
                      • 5 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      That's more or less the way I remember it - certainly in his first Chelsea incarnation and in Italy. They were really tight squads.

                      Could be of course what has changed is social media and the like and we simply have more information now than back then. From memory he had both KdB and Mo at Chelsea back then and there was scarcely a peep. But as you say they were more in the prospect class those days.

                      1. RichardNixon
                        • 7 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        Deco, Ferreira and Carvalho followed him to Chelsea. I also remember Materazzi (from memory) breaking down and crying when Mourihno left Inter for Madrid. I remember his early teams being very united and loyal to him.

                  2. Studs Up
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 4 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Luke Shaw?

                    1. pingissimus
                      • 5 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Yep but again quite late on really so not a real counter example.

                      As far as I can see Madrid was the turning point and that is such a political club that all managers have fallen out with players there.

                      Mou has been extremely tolerant of Bale if you make a comparison with Zidane.

                  3. LAMELA_AND_CONSUELA
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Eto, Quaresma, Balotelli, Casillas, Hazard off the top of may head:)

                    1. pingissimus
                      • 5 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Eto'o - you're sure about that?

                      https://punditarena.com/football/jeff-simon/samuel-etoo-e-prefers-jose-mourinho-pep-guardiola-barcelona-inter-milan/

                      Balotelli? I can't name the manager who has managed him successfully.

                      Casillas is a different point. Casillas was the centre of all RM shenanigans and I'd ask you to name a manger there who hasn't fallen foul of a player there. It's the culture of the club. See Zidane and Bale

                      But I think my point remains that player discord is typically a late era phenomenon.

              2. Rupert The Horse
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Then remembers about VAR

            2. A-L
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              From an FPL perspective, I'm feeling like Big 6 team players are going to be feeling a bit awkward about the situation and even lacking in motivation, while the other teams will feel like showing the world who deserves to be in the spotlight, starting with a Leeds win today

              1. A-L
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                And corresponding points distrbutions

              2. The FPL Units
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Nah they will be playing for their super league contracts and looking forward to a massive pay increase.

                1. Cruyff's Eleven
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  You think Messi wants more money, or more prizes?

                  1. The FPL Units
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Both

                    1. Cruyff's Eleven
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 5 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      That's the problem, innit.

                      Go for the money, and all you ever do is play the other 11 super clubs.

                      No UCL, no Euros, no worldcup, no nothing, just the same dudes, week in, week out.

            3. The Mandalorian
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Ed Woodward joined JP Morgan in 1999.

              In 2005 he advised the Glazer's in their acquisition of Man Utd
              In 2021 JP Morgan finance the European Super League with Man Utd the reported ringleaders.

              https://twitter.com/markgoldbridge/status/1384109288558194695?s=19

              1. Rupert The Horse
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                That’s pretty cool set of facts if true.

            4. Shaw must go on
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              wow..all the hate towards Jose around here??where is all that come from??
              is it all some kind of jealousy about the man`s CV or it is all down to frustration because England can create a proper Gaffer since 1992?Regardless,very disapointed with some depreciative and offensive even comments...so many managerial talent wasted around here!!Clubs of the world no need to spend millions on managers,plenty of quality ones in ffs... lol

              1. g40steve
                • 6 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Some paydays over the past ten years!
                Nowhere else do you get sacked & still get paid in full - tens of millions In most cases?

                1. Shaw must go on
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  and that happen just to Him?? 🙂

                2. GreennRed
                  • 12 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  He's gonna have just £93.5 million from sackings alone. Their nice contracts if you can negotiate them. His reputation used to get him the big bucks, not sure how long that will continue. I'd love to know the full story of why Bale is fit enough to be on the bench but not play while most of that Spurs team put in insipid performances.

                  https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-mourinho-has-been-paid-a-total-of-935-million-for-his-sackings-20210419

                  1. Shaw must go on
                    • 11 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    what´s even your point?? Someone would like to hire you,you show them your demands and it is your fault that they accept them? Bale is even smarter than Mou then,getting 300k per week to stay fit!!! 🙂

                    1. GreennRed
                      • 12 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Smart? A former world class player content and Spurs hero happy to sit on the bench to finish out his playing days. I just wonder if the politics at Spurs prevented him playing, if he wasn't fit, he wouldn't be on the bench. Was it Bale's lack of interest and/or Mourinho's stubbornness or other factors. Was Pádraig Harrington scouting Bale for the Ryder Cup perhaps?

                      1. Shaw must go on
                        • 11 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        i guess its a combination of both...not saying Mou is an angel at all but he wasn´t the only manager that relegated Bale to the Bench!!i may be wrong but i have the idea that Jose asked Bale to be loaned to spurs..why he would that if he had no interest in the player??i see your and many people point of view and agree with some..But fail to understand the insults and depreciative comments!!! About him or anyone with a proven record..

                        1. GreennRed
                          • 12 Years
                          2 years, 11 months ago

                          Insult and depreciative comments or opinions?

                          1. Shaw must go on
                            • 11 Years
                            2 years, 11 months ago

                            The former

                            1. GreennRed
                              • 12 Years
                              2 years, 11 months ago

                              Nah. Mourinho is still a smart, witty and fascinating man but past his coaching best. I hope he's well and happy. Has very few tact or diplomacy skills left and he's a tad too sensitive now for big club owners to take a punt on him. That's sad to say because media can dictate a coaches profile, can turn club's sponsors away. Was great in Chelsea early years where he could coach, was a brilliant tactician and could criticise players without them running to their agent or 'journalists'. Sadly in 2021 coaches can be sacked based on the opinions of 'fans' on social media. Very sad. He should have been sacked by Spurs weeks ago though, it's not a great squad but capable of better results

              2. diesel001
                • 7 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                I don't hate Jose. But I have developed a dislike for the way he conducts himself in the media.

                When he first came to the PL he was a breath of fresh air. He was straight talking and the stuff he did with Chelsea (improving the defence and having Robben and Duff) was great.

                But at Real Madrid and after things got sour. The thing with the Chelsea doctor. Blaming the players for everything. He always appears miserable in front of the media.

                What happened to make him like this? He is not the same Jose as he was pre-Madrid.

                1. Shaw must go on
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Tell me 2 managers that have more titles than Mou and also managed to have more love from the media??

                  1. Nightcrawler
                    • 4 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Ancelotti And Pep are far more popular with the media but thats vesides the point

                    Nobody can argue mourinhos success over his entire career but thats not the point people are making. In the last 5, 6 years there has been a stark decline. Every ckub hes gone to its become the same story....negativity, boring football, no challenging for major titles, players look like they couldnt care less

                    1. Shaw must go on
                      • 11 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      so his teams play a boring football so let start insulting the man?? is it how it works now?? Poor Sam..oh wait,he´s English...who got the best result at Man.Unt since Sir.AF left the club?

                      1. Nightcrawler
                        • 4 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        Why are u cherry oicking my comments...i didnt say just boring football, mentioned a few other things which when Combined with the standard of entertainment gave a nasty look

                        I think we now are at a better place under Ole than we were when mourinho left us. Happy to leave the toxicity behind. We actually look like the players are enjoying now

                        1. Shaw must go on
                          • 11 Years
                          2 years, 11 months ago

                          probably,just unable to win titles so far..All i know from Ole as manager in PL is that he got Cardiff relegated..

                          1. Nightcrawler
                            • 4 Years
                            2 years, 11 months ago

                            No united i know was fooled by our europa and League cup wins under mourinho. U win such trophies to build on....we went backwards as his tenure continued. Completely the opposite under Ole

                            1. GreennRed
                              • 12 Years
                              2 years, 11 months ago

                              To support this argument step forward the best left back in the Premier League, Mister Luke Shaw. A player who Mourinho said was fat and not good enough. Mourinho is a manager, not a coach. Rarely improves players nowadays, just whinges and asks for more money. Solskjaer, still underrated by many 'experts' has improved many of the players that Mourinho had at United. He's dropped De Gea. Made the signing of last season in Fernández. Took Cavani when many said he was finished because of his age. In 20 years time they' look back at football and laugh and wonder how more experiencd players in their 30s in great shape were not signed while Ronaldo, Milner, Ibra, Cavani, Messi, Aguero were thought to be past it.

                2. Nightcrawler
                  • 4 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  The chelsea title defence in 15 ruined him.

                  1. GreennRed
                    • 12 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    He has developed a mouth that's only good for cooling soup.

              3. Iwantmorepointsthanks
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Well what are Jose's credentials really worth?
                He might got the coaching badges and the medals, but has ever placed Top 10K in FPL?
                Has he even won any good MLs?
                I bet he does not even know what EO means and never heard of Chip strategies.

                1. Shaw must go on
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  haha...he actually got a 7k in fpl few years ago..he mention it in a interview with a portuguese sport newspaper...

                  1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    That's amazing 🙂

              4. Do I Not Like Orange
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                I'm a huge fan of Jose. It's made me sad to see his decline over the past 5-6 years, but I'll always remember him fondly for the Chelsea and Inter years. I think his man-management skills (which were always a massive strength) have taken a massive hit with the rise of Instagram footballers like Pogba and J-Lingz, and as such he's increasingly a fish out of water in the modern game. I hope he retires gracefully now or finally gives international management a go, I'd hate to see him on a constant treadmill of diminishing returns like Benitez, becoming a pragmatic lower/mid-table plodder or messing about in China.

                1. Shaw must go on
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  100% agreed...just can´t comprehend the insults..i don´t like keyboard warriors..

            5. El Presidente
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Arsenal, Liverpool and ManU are the ringleaders... with the backing of £6billion from JP Morgan... I wonder what they all have in common?...

              1. Rupert The Horse
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                I’d probably do that as an owner. Make as much money as I could out of a business and then dump it once its dried up.

                1. El Presidente
                  • 4 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Emphasis on the dried up part.

              2. The FPL Units
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                They all play in red?

                1. pingissimus
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  In red or are in the red?

                  1. Rupert The Horse
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Nice.

              3. GreennRed
                • 12 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                If these clubs are so rich and proposed media rights and sponsorship so lucrative why does the proposed Super League need to borrow billions from a bank?

                1. The FPL Units
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Spreading the risk.

                  1. GreennRed
                    • 12 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Fair point. The risk being cash. But no thought at all for the local diehard supporters paying X for tickets when a Chinese TV audience could generate 100X.

                    1. The FPL Units
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Agreed no thought for them. In fact being discarded imo.

                2. ClassiX
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  These big clubs are mainly in significant debt because a) of how they were purchased and b) becuase they have been paying full salaries etc. through the pandemic. They need to borrow to pay off other debt and they're borrowing against teh security of the success of the Super League.

              4. Warblers
                • 8 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Disgusting scheme. Hopefully the Bundesliga will stay out (these sorts of schemes are anathema to German football, which is very local and fan-based by the rules).

            6. R.C
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Juventus share price increased significantly today

              They are already rich!!!

              1. KAALI_DAAL
                • 3 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                15% !!!

            7. BobB
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              The PL will be the new FA Cup. If the "super 6" are allowed to stay they will play shadow teams.

              1. The FPL Units
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Why would that happen? Bigger slice of the PL pie if you when it.

                Also if the 15 founding clubs win their respective domestic comps can any of the other clubs get into super league?

                1. GreennRed
                  • 12 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  The proposed league is a closed shop. No relegation. A lot of dead rubber games in there.

                2. BobB
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  The PL pie will be dwarfed by the Super League riches. The 6 won't need to worry about qualifying so why bother with the PL?

                  1. GreennRed
                    • 12 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Because the fans won't travel to games like they do to leagues in their own country. Attendances will be prawn sandwich brigade and tourists and atmosphere will be woeful.

                    1. The FPL Units
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Assuming they are still.in the PL fans can still.go watch them. It's Super League that will be around the world.

                      1. GreennRed
                        • 12 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        Hopefully they will still be in PL. If there's 15 games in ESL and they stay out of or put reserves in FA and Carabao cups it wouldn't be a whole lot more games than CL or EL.

                  2. The FPL Units
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Still its cash they will go for it. Probably on the beach earlier than normal though.

                3. Old Bull
                  • 10 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  My understanding is that the teams never change in the Super League

                  1. The FPL Units
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    5 spots for.promotion relegation. 15 founding teams are always in it.

                    1. Limit80
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      But how does that even work? Would those 5 clubs not play in their domestic league? And would the FA and UEFA not ban them from other competitions if they joined ESL?

                      1. The FPL Units
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        That's the negotiation to happen with super league and the domestic leagues. I don't think they will be banned from domestic league as domestic league has more to loose imo.

                        1. Limit80
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 6 Years
                          2 years, 11 months ago

                          Yes we'll have to wait and see. If there is this promotion, albeit small and temporary, perhaps "the dream" of taking Accrington Stanley to the top of the ESL still can happen outside of Football Manager 🙂

              2. GreennRed
                • 12 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Yeah. Was thinking similar to European club rugby here. The top players play internationals, Champions Cup and some Pro 14 games for the clubs, they're first reamers. The fringe and reserve players play most of the Pro 14 games.

            8. Hotdogs for Tea
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Will Bale now get a hattie ? 🙂

            9. merin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Any suggestions for transfers?

              Martinez Areola
              TAA Dias Azpi Dallas Targett
              Salah Bruno Lingard Gundogan Raphinha
              Kane Iheanacho Bamford

              1 FT, 0.4 ITB, No chips left

              1. diesel001
                • 7 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                You may have to move on Kane if he is injured. Wait to see the team news later this week.

                1. merin
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Cheers. If he’s fit, Any suggestions?

                  1. diesel001
                    • 7 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    Your team looks good. Perhaps move on Targett as do you want the Villa double up now? Lots have Holding (Arsenal), but there is Rudiger (Chelsea double up) and Coady (Wolves). That will give you options for those times when Dias / Gundo are not playing.

              2. Nedvěd11
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Lloris

                Aurier Alderweireld Rodon Reguilon

                Bale Ndombele PEH Lo Celso Son

                Kane

            10. BobB
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Not sure how the 5 extra teams a year works if the Super League is the Hotel California

              1. Biggsy
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                You think they thought that far ahead?

                They probably didn't get much further than imaging themselves diving "Scrooge Mc Duck style" into a massive pool of gold coins

                1. GreennRed
                  • 12 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  They can't negotiate billions of dollars in financing without a solid business plan.

                  1. Biggsy
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    I suspect the business plan wasn't built only 12 of the 15 permanent members being identified at this stage. Feels suspiciously like they were relying on a few more - maybe Dortmund, Munich (who have both now distanced themselves) and someone like an Ajax, Porto, Sevilla, or another of the Italian clubs.

                    Just guessing, and my original comment was flippant, but I don't think they have a detailed plan for how some of the mechanics would work by any means.

                    1. The FPL Units
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      My guess is Amazon is lined up for the TV revenue with 15 clubs. Probably have an agreed list of potential clubs to target.

                    2. JONALDINHO
                      • 6 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Supposedly Chelsea and City were forced into it but surely they can pull out now along with the German and French clubs. If that happens it surely can’t go ahead

                      1. The FPL Units
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        They were not forced imo. Would have been left behind if they did not sign up.

            11. BobB
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              If FPL exits in 5 years the equivalents of Kane and KDB won't be premium assets, they'll rarely feature

            12. TubThumper
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Awesome news for owners of Gareth Bale!

            13. Bartowski
              • 13 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              One thing that's just occurred to me. Barcelona is supposedly run by the fans, isn't this something their board would need consent for before going ahead?

            14. The Mandalorian
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              The Super League will probably see games being played in America and Asia so there's going to be more late night football.

              The Super League will also have the power to change the way the game is played. They could opt for matches to be played in 4 quarters to generate more ad revenue. Lots more subs and 30 man squads like in the NFL.

              The Glazers are the driving force behind the Super League, they know nothing about football and will likely be looking at ways to increase revenue.

              1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
                • 13 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                The nfl a fun nba model is coming

                Franchise teams and sponsors all over the shop being played all over the world

              2. JONALDINHO
                • 6 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                The owners don’t want their players playing international football too and if they aren’t in the Prem it means only 20-25 games per year.

              3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Could see them reducing the game to 4x 20 minute quarters for sure

                It’s going to be difficult to play that quantity of super league games without trimming it down somewhere

                1. veedub1989
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 4 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Quantity of games?

                  The proposal is for the league to be split into two groups of 10, with the top four teams competing in a play-off akin to the existing CL. The number of games is therefore similar to the existing set up, including group games.

                  (I'm against the ESL btw but just wanting to point this out.)

                  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                    • 14 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    But in a 10 team group stage that’s 18 group stage games for each team... before the two legged playoffs, qtr finals, semi finals, final etc, right?

                  2. pingissimus
                    • 5 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    You really think the Champions League will be cancelled? That is one scenario I'd rule out. It's huge brand with extremely powerful vested interests behind it.

                    The Super League and the Champions league will be going head to head.

              4. ReindeerHotdog
                • 3 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                I think people are forgetting exactly how many people there are in North and South America and Asia combined.

                Just over 1 billion people in the Americas and 4.6 billion in Asia. It's a HUGE market they could tap into by hosting massive, massive games with the best players in the world in their back gardens.

                I'm surprised we got as far as we did without serious talks of some kind of Super League happening.

                Let's not forget that more and more fans are buying into supporting their clubs from the other side of the planet as we further globalise the sport (and sport in general).

                Anyone who thinks this Super League will see football die is horribly naive. It'll make the clubs an absolute shed load of money - I can completely understand why they would want to do it. It might alienate a lot of people in Europe but it'll bring the sport closer to more superficial fans who want to see the best players play each other week in week out.

                We love celebrity and we pay for it. Think reality TV and YouTube stars getting so much back and support. This is just an extension of that.

                1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                  • 14 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Overall, the games will be pretty meaningless though - when there’s nothing actually being risked with no relegation of founding members

                  That’ll be the biggest failing point - within a few months/years of Spurs/Arsenal/Juventus finishing repeatedly bottom of the so called super league it’ll be glorified pre-season friendlies

                  1. ReindeerHotdog
                    • 3 Years
                    2 years, 11 months ago

                    I'm not in favour of it at all. I think it'll be absolutely boring, risk-free football as you say.

                    But I think there's potentially hundreds of millions of other people - if not more - who just simply will not agree.

                    I find it very, very hard to believe that a lot of clubs (which are businesses lets not forget) are jumping into this naively.

                    Unfortunately they have to have analysed this from an economical perspective and come to the conclusion it'll make them a lot of money over a prolonged period of time.

                    This is what happens with globalisation - things get spread between more and more places and the central concept of what is being sold moves away from what it once was.

                    And if UEFA and FIFA want to ban these tops players from participating in their tournaments it just gives these clubs (or whoever it would be) more power to create their own international tournaments in which the top players could perform.

                    Quality isn't what people want - it's the legend, the name, the celebrity that appeals. I really don't think sport is any different. Look at the Premier League, how Sky TV and BT Sport changed football as we know it. The revamp of the ECC to the UCL. The Europa League. VAR. The sport is changing and this is an extension of it. I think unfortunately for us, we are in the minority as to who this appeals to.

                    1. diesel001
                      • 7 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      A good article in City AM on this exact point:

                      https://www.cityam.com/the-worst-thing-about-the-super-league-it-makes-perfect-sense/

                      1. ReindeerHotdog
                        • 3 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        I think a lot of people are thinking far too emotionally to see how it makes sense.

                        You don't need to agree with a decision to understand why it was made.

                        Huge decisions like this that will affect hundreds of thousands of people and BILLIONS in revenue are not made lightly. This is not impulsive, reactionary or emotional - this is a business decision and is why people like that (who make these decisions) will continue to make loads of money and people like us, will not.

                        Companies very rarely tend to make flippant decisions when it comes to their sources of income.

                    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                      • 14 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Short term maybe - but when you take away the actual risk from the games, I don’t think it’ll survive - it’ll be hollow & superficial

                      Within a few months/(years) the Asian/Souh American/North American audiences to whom its possibly trying to extract money from will bore of it once the novelty wears off

                      Then you’re left with clubs that were started by local fans, for local fans stripped bare & cast away

                      1. ReindeerHotdog
                        • 3 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        I really don't think that will happen.

                        Sport means many different things to many different people/cultures.

                        Think of how the British zeitgeist has changed time and time again - what appeals to us/makes sense to us will not resist change/time.

                        Appreciation for the same things is often expressed and understood in different ways.

                        What you may see as hollow, a lot of other people will find riveting.

                        I have no doubt in my mind that this will be successful. We are suckers for shiny things, well-marketed and advertised to the hills. It'll succeed and flourish and in a few years everyone who moaned about it will be sucked into it because, well, there'll be little alternative if you want to watch the very best footballers on the planet.

                        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                          • 14 Years
                          2 years, 11 months ago

                          Cant see it personally - I think people will find that when you strip away the competitive element there won’t be very much left in it’s stead & it’ll be a gigantic anti-climax

                          Then when the TV & merchandising money starts to dry up, and the global target audiences have become bored with the shiny new thing, the whole thing will collapse once & for all

                      2. pingissimus
                        • 5 Years
                        2 years, 11 months ago

                        Agreed

                        See my point below. The added problem for this league is that it will be competing for market share, Up to now the clubs in the Champions League have had a monopoly and a coincidence of interest with the Champions League. Life will becomes tougher to maintain their dominant position.

                        The assumption that they will maintain 100% market share must be off. They need to grow the market to grow their audience. Will that happen? They need a very good product.

                    3. pingissimus
                      • 5 Years
                      2 years, 11 months ago

                      Wouldn't be so sure

                      Good chance that the Super League and the Champions League will run side by side for a while. The assumption is that the branding of Liverpool etc is bigger than the Champions League branding. It ain't necessarily so. Especially when you take into account the ways in which national associations can make life hard for the super 12.

                      It's also worth wondering if the super 12 will one able to maintain parity among themselves. It's highly likely that Madrid for one will push for more than their 12th. A super club at the bottom of the pile may feel life was better under the old system. This would be more particularly the case if they stay in the national league and have a chance of winning tittles and becoming dominant in a Champions League.

                      This could go belly up quite easily -especially if Germany stays out. They will be moving from a monopoly position to having to compete for market share. They are taking on all the vested interests in the game.

                      See it as 50 50 call if this thing works.

              5. HashAttack
                • 7 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Playing 4 quarters would make sense - Sky will have exclusive rights to the 1st quarter, BT the 2nd quarter, Amazon the 3rd and maybe a random draw to see who gets to broadcast the 4th quarter 😉

            15. McSauce
              • 14 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Ironic how we are now relying on a corrupt organisation to "save" football

              These are the same lads who have pushed a WC in Qatar and play super cups in Saudi Arabia

            16. LakhaneeFC
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              With all the upheavals and transformative changes in league football, am I the only one wondering how FPL will look next year?

              - If the “Big 6” (which by definition is a joke) are excluded
              - Might be tough to field a playing 11 that uses up the 100mm

              Or does that make me a plastic fan, thinking about a fantasy game when the soul of the sport is being destroyed by billionaires? 😛

              1. The FPL Units
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Big 6 will be in the PL imo.

                1. LakhaneeFC
                  • 7 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  Agreed, don’t think the PL will survive having them removed.

                  It’s a case of a new set of vultures vs the original set (Sky/BT). Local fans suffer the same in either way - and have never been a priority for either set.

                  But FPL will change dramatically if this goes through. Rotation, seriousness of playing in the PL if UCL is achieved through the Super League, etc.

                2. DannyDrinkVodka
                  • 4 Years
                  2 years, 11 months ago

                  I agree, the PL will back down and accept the SuperLeague

            17. Steve The Spud
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Fudgy, the knights template and Rupert the horse all apparently in the running to take over at spurs

            18. Milk, 1 Šuker
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Spurs can do a lot worse than to look at Nagelsmann. Young, ambitious, attacking philosophy

              1. FPL Theorist
                • 4 Years
                2 years, 11 months ago

                Which is why he'll wind up at Bayern, not Spurs.

            19. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Rubbish news outlet, but some interesting points nonetheless about competition law and the ESL. Obviously just one lawyer's view so has to be read with a pinch of salt.

              https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9486681/European-Super-League-clubs-WIN-court-case-brought-UEFA-FIFA-says-legal-expert.html

            20. DannyDrinkVodka
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Best Kane replacement?

            21. FPL_Motty
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 3 Years
              2 years, 11 months ago

              Tuchel didn't mention anything about Kepa / Mendy situation did he today? I can't find any quotes about it. Anyone know more?