Leeds United fans react to 'very damaging' plans for controversial European Super League breakaway

Leeds United fans have reacted to plans for a breakaway European Super League which would see the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal leave the Premier League
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Leeds fans took to Twitter to air their views on the controversial plans for six English clubs possibly joining a breakaway continental league.- and most are not happy at all.

@BarneyLUFC said: "Ridsdale gambled for us to get into the champions league The Super league clubs have probably gambled on future Champions League success and it’s not gone their way. Arsenal and Spurs for example having shiny new stadiums to pay for.

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"Probably the only fans who want it are the new generation who didn’t know football excised before the Champions League"

Leeds United fans took to Twitter to air their views on plans for a controversial European Super LeagueLeeds United fans took to Twitter to air their views on plans for a controversial European Super League
Leeds United fans took to Twitter to air their views on plans for a controversial European Super League

@Frenchielufc said: "Football has been rotten with money ever since the creation of the Champions League only to kill other competitions like every respective countries FA cups. Playing for the Cup Winners Cup was something special and valued...not the Europa league."

Leeds fan and football account The Square Ball said: "The Super League itself sounds s*** too. There’s nothing at stake. No jeopardy. It’s just money. You’ll have loads of it and play each other every year, and know it’ll be the same next year. And then what?"

@HazyPHL added: "Soooo. I’m new to this...my observation. These 6 teams are scared of clubs the likes of Leeds, Villa, West Ham, etc. encroaching on their precious top 4-5 spots, that they need to take their respective ball(s) and make a league where they never face consequence?"

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@Gingerdean91 said: "#LUFC and Bielsa were fined for bringing the integrity of the game into repute. Yet you have the worst #PremierLeague champions, 9th placed Arsenal and Spurs, with one win in six, including defeat to Zagreb, thinking they are entitled to break away into a Super League. Clowns."

'Very damaging' move by Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and co

Football clubs who have agreed to join a European Super League "must answer to their fans" before going ahead with the "very damaging" change, the Prime Minister has said.

Boris Johnson posted his views on Twitter on Sunday evening, criticising the proposals.

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"Plans for a European Super League would be very damaging for football and we support football authorities in taking action," said Mr Johnson.

"They would strike at the heart of the domestic game, and will concern fans across the country.

"The clubs involved must answer to their fans and the wider footballing community before taking any further steps."

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City later announced they have signed up to the plan, and will be joined by teams from Italy and Spain.

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The mooted shake-up was widely criticised by political leaders including Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.

-> Leeds United transfer rumours in fullUefa, the football associations of England, Spain and Italy, plus the Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A have also spoken out against the move.

Mr Dowden described fans as the "heartbeat of our national sport" and said any major decisions about a European league "should have their backing".

"With many fans, we are concerned that this plan could create a closed shop at the very top of our national game," he said.

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"Sustainability, integrity and fair competition are absolutely paramount and anything that undermines this is deeply troubling and damaging for football."

Fans' groups, including those linked to Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea, have voiced their opposition to the clubs joining a super league.

Chelsea Supporters' Trust said football supporters worldwide have "experienced the ultimate betrayal", adding: "This is a decision of greed to line the pockets of those at the top and it has been made with no consideration for the loyal supporters, our history, our future or the future of football in this country."

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust (THST) put out a statement calling for club owners Enic to "distance themselves from any rebel group".

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Labour leader and Arsenal fan Sir Keir Starmer said the clubs reportedly involved "should rethink immediately" and added that a non-domestic league "ignores" supporters.

"This proposal risks shutting the door on fans for good, reducing them to mere spectators and consumers," he said on Twitter.

Fellow Gunners supporter and senior Tory MP Huw Merriman suggested teams who participate in the rebel competition should be expelled from the Premier League for this year.

"We could nip it in the bud straight away: either those six clubs disassociate themselves from this idea or expel them immediately from the Premier League competition for this year," he told BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour.

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"They'll soon backtrack. It's grubby, it's absolutely disgraceful. It has no regard for the culture of our game ... It's outrageous. And my own club Arsenal are part of it: I'm absolutely ashamed."

Shadow sports minister Alison McGovern - a Liverpool supporter - demanded the Government "deliver on what they have promised: a proper, fan-led review of football governance".

Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: "This is greed personified, ripping the heart out of the English game, leaving clubs up and down the country to suffer after an awful year.

"The consequences of these plans reach far and wide. The Government must step in to prevent a small number of greedy, rich owners destroying the game we all love."