The Breakaway League

This is arguably the worst thing that has ever happened to football. The clubs are up for the money and not the passion of the game. The "big six" have made the half-pack of the 12 teams that will make up the European Super League. The competition is set as soon as it is termed practicable.

The vice-chairman of the European Super League (Joel Glazer) had this to say, "By bringing together the world's greatest clubs and players to play each other throughout the season, the Super League will open a new chapter for European football, ensuring world-class competition and facilities, and increased financial support for the wider football pyramid."

The European Super league will be led by Florentino Perez as the chairman and is set to grant € 3.5 billion for the participating teams. From this, we understand why these big teams are behind the ESL. Covid-19 has brought a major setback to football, and the big teams believe that the ESL shall be a league that shall surpass these adverse financial crises that have faced the football world.

So what is this European Super League, "A European Breakaway League”?

A revenue-generating knockout competition set to have a larger revenue distribution through the game higher than the Champions League.

Set to be funded by the American Investment Bank JP Morgan, the ESL will be a 20-team league with 12 inaugural teams that have already been announced. Three unnamed teams are set to join the league soon and leaving five spaces to teams across Europe. The five teams will only qualify for the ESL based on their domestic achievements on an annual basis.

The competition will commence in August, where the teams will be divided into two groups with ten teams apiece. There will be midweek fixtures that will be played home and away, leading to a knockout face in the quarterfinals where the top 3 teams from each group shall qualify and the remaining two spots up for grabs for the fourth and fifth teams that will be decided through play-off matches. The knockout phase shall continue, and the finals played on neutral ground in May.

So what was the reaction across the football globe?

UEFA has strictly stated that “ Every Club and player participating in the super league could be banned from UEFA and FIFA competitions, Europeans or International." This will mean that the super league will come at the cost of the players' participation in their country's football competition and lose their participation in their domestic leagues.

“I can’t focus on the game. They should deduct points from all the six teams that have signed up to it. Deduct points from them all. To do it during a season? It’s a joke.” Gray Neville furiously echoed his disappointment from the top six teams’ participation in the European Super League.

“What an embarrassment we’ve become @LFC think of all the people who have come before us at this club who would be equally embarrassed as well.” Jamie Carragher's sentiment on how the ESL is a total embarrassment with Liverpool Fc participation in the ESL.

With rumors that Dortmund, Bayern Munich, and PSG are set to fill the three positions, BVNB CEO has come out stating that "FC Bayern and B. Dortmund have 100% compatible views " both against the Super League.

Truly, it is a total disappointment to the football game as much as it supports solidarity, integrity, inclusivity, and equitable financial distribution.

But as it stands, the elite football teams have made the big step. The European Super League will just need FIFA's approval and on August we shall have mid-week games apart from the Champions League.