The hottest topic in the football world today is the announcement of the European Super League.
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus are the clubs that have agreed to join the new ESL.
The announcement has led to a lot of anger and rage in the football world.
This is how football fans, stakeholders and journalists are reacting on Twitter to the ESL news.
What the F*** is the European Super League? The thread below explains:
Super League and Super Villains [Thread]
— Koshiek Karan (@iamkoshiek) April 19, 2021
Club announcements
❗️ Barça, a founding Club of the new Superleague
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 19, 2021
Leading European football clubs announce new Super League competition.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 18, 2021
Official Announcement: Leading European football clubs unveil new Super League.#RealMadrid
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) April 18, 2021
Leading European football clubs announce new Super League competition. #THFC ⚪️ #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 18, 2021
UEFA will ban players that play in the Super League from playing in the World Cup and Euros
UEFA’s Alexander Ceferin confirms: “The players that will play in the Super League will be banned from playing in the World Cup and Euros. Ceferin. They will not be allowed play for their national teams”. 🚫🇪🇺 #SuperLeague
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 19, 2021
UEFA president Ceferin threatens that they will continue the Champions League without the 12 Super League clubs.
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) April 19, 2021
Adds: "we will take all the sanctions that we can."
"Also says he will bans the clubs and the players from all their competitions as soon as he can."
UEFA President Aleksander ÄŒeferin says players taking part in the Super League will be banned from the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship.
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) April 19, 2021
Wow. pic.twitter.com/7rfoFDc6CX
UK Prime minister speaks on European Super League
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said his government will work with football authorities to stop the European Super League from going ahead "as it has been proposed". pic.twitter.com/8cg6Vd8NmT
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) April 19, 2021
Porto President says they rejected an invite to join the European Super League
Porto president Pinto da Costa confirms the Portuguese champions have rejected an invite to the Super League 🇵🇹
— Goal (@goal) April 19, 2021
🗣 "We are not concerned with being or not, we are in the Champions League and we hope to continue to be for many years." pic.twitter.com/kskNajlxPq
RB Leipzig president's reaction
#RBLeipzig CEO Oliver #Mintzlaff on the European Super League. pic.twitter.com/bvPt3uA3mj
— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) April 19, 2021
Mesut Özil and Ander Herrera speaks out against the European Super League
— Ander Herrera (@AnderHerrera) April 19, 2021
Kids grow up dreaming to win the World Cup and the Champions League - not any Super League. The enjoyment of big games is that they only happen once or twice a year, not every week. Really hard to understand for all football fans out there...⚽💔
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) April 19, 2021
Bayern Munich are in full support of UEFA
You can’t have a European Super League without @FCBayernEN. Credit to them. https://t.co/4iME0x6l07
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) April 19, 2021
"I trust my club to make the right decisions" - What Thomas Tuchel said
Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel says he trusts his club to make the right decisions after they agreed to be part of a European Super League. pic.twitter.com/470eqixa7q
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 19, 2021
Managers and players should not be answering questions about this
Lots of managers, Thomas Tuchel and Jurgen Klopp for starters, are going to be put right on the spot about the European Super League. It should be the owners who are fronting up & explaining themselves but obviously I'm living in a dream world to even contemplate that happening.
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) April 19, 2021
The owners and chief execs privy to the Super League talks, who gave it the green light, should be fronting up and answering questions. Managers and players that have been in the dark - the latter group largely reading the news when we did - shouldn't have to take the hits.
— Melissa Reddy (@MelissaReddy_) April 19, 2021
