MADRID BOSS IN THREAT TO END THE PREM

Tottenham, Aston villa and Manchester city are definately better than valencia, atletico, villareal and sevilla. This season will prove that fact if they meet in europe.

By Carlos senna.. Posted August 18 2009 at 2:29 AM.

Greedy twit...nuff said

By Cliff.. Posted July 8 2009 at 12:15 PM.

do u think that tottenham and man c is better than valencia, atletico, villareal or sevilla? u must be kidding jerk :)

By brick.. Posted July 8 2009 at 11:11 AM.

As a ManU fan from South Africa, this is a bad idea, firstly with all the traveling the players would have to do would defintley tire them out, then there is still international games that need to played. When I watch a Eng prem game on a Sat or Sun I want to see the stars perform not the 2nd team. Yes it's all good and well to make tons of money out of this, but no1 is looking out for the health of our stars. These players will all have to retire at the age of 30 if this league comes about.

By Dre.. Posted July 8 2009 at 9:11 AM.

I don't think RM can destroy the PL.No matter how strong the RM is,it just one team!DAL only have two team--RM and Baca--can be called strong team,but the PL not only have top 4,but also Man C and toffee ect have the qualifications be called it.Yes!PL top 4 still have not yet buy too much big stars,but I don't think top 4 need buy too much players because their squad have good enough!

By neutral fan.. Posted July 7 2009 at 3:54 AM.

I'm a real-madrid fan, who will love to play there in the near future. The idea of our president is a brilliant idea, we know how good we are, that is the reason why we could suggest such strong competitive game. I am proud of my club, for bringing such a nice suggestion to UEFA or FIFA, that will make it more attractive to watch, which could really take the game to the real position it belong. Real madrid is a big club with big ambition, and love for the game, that is while they do spend money in buying in players, that could make the game entertaining for real.

By pita.. Posted July 6 2009 at 1:10 AM.

And another thing Madrid will never go bankrupt, no becouse as many people say is bayle by the goverment or the King it is only because R Madrid belong to the people, and if the owners of your clubs say yes there are nothing you can do, or happen any thing when the Frasier family boughter MU, sorry guys you clubs not belong to you, you sold the soul of you clubs to a reach guys

By its22jf2.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:28 PM.

I don't think people understand, he only mention to change the format of the Champions league, no to change the format of the leagues. The premier ship will be the same as now nothing will change the only thing will change it is the CL. The best tems of UK, Spain, Italy, France etc they will play together in a league call it super league, now if for any reason Madrid is not play well and no finish 4 in the own league it will drop from the super league. The only different is that the revenue, the money of this it will go for the clubs, no for Mr UEFA that they don't do anything and they still leaving as a kings.

Other thing to ignorant people that they have not clue about Madrid. Madrid have a youth academy as good as Barcelona, what happen that we can have all the players play in Madrid, so they get shall cheap to the other teams, dont forget Madrid brougth this players from they were 9 or 10, now Madrid will shall the player to Deportivo for 1 Million, Deportivo will sale the player to Liverpool for 5 Millios, Deportivo has done already 4 millions profits, and if the players is very good maybe finis in Madrid, this is what they call it free market, the problems is when the clubs as many english clubs are own by people and want to do profits, there is were the money is getting loose.

By its22jf2.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:27 PM.

Let's just face it, european football is getting worse as times passes by. UEFA don't seem to care about the entertainment factor, all they do is increase the gap between the poorest and the richest clubs.
UEFA and FIFA have a lot to learn with north-american sports organization. One of the finest examples of a well executed and mantained competition is NBA, where everything is done to keep competition at high levels and avoid predictability.
Unfortunately, be it in the domestic leagues or the Champions League, european football is a sad example of how NOT to manage competitions.

By VieiraM.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:57 PM.

I think most of you have missed the point that money talks.

These so called top 20 teams will move as soon as they can guaranty the money.

I think this is not if but when.

By Michael Carr.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:41 PM.

brilliant idea!! great to see the worlds best players and teams competing in one league week in, week out. no need to watch la liga, premiership, serie a, bundesliga etc to see the best teams and players - they would be all in one place. sky tv would provide coverage - excellent.

By chris.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:01 PM.

this man is a joke he buys these players so they sell shirts not win titles.real madrid will crash n burn they are overated.im a man utd fan and look what liverpool did to them.they gave them a footballing lesson.if they get any english club in the ucl that play in the epl the will get taught anoyher lesson.

By king kong.. Posted July 5 2009 at 6:42 PM.

The only people that think the Premier League "ain't broke", are fans of the top 4.

I hope the bloke is successful. We might get back to competitive football in England instead of the usual dross played at most games in the Premier League.

Losing the top 4 would be the best thing that could happen to English football, the financial imbalance caused by biased Premier League cash distribution has created a situation where avoiding relegation is just about the only target for most Premier League clubs.

By br14.. Posted July 5 2009 at 5:39 PM.

This idiot now needs to find ways to pay off all his loans. Special (unfair) treatment from banks, Spanish government and his royal highness blatter and the income still isn't enough to pay all the debt. If a company had to operate in this manner it would be investigated by the European Union and fined. RM are apparently above any laws or fair play rules.

By Will.. Posted July 5 2009 at 5:18 PM.

love the idea, might even get rangers extra cash


By thomas. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:09 AM.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Rangers won't even be in a super league? lets see Rangers or Ajax or Juventus or Inter or Benfica or AC or Real Madrid or Barce, or Valencia or MUFC or Chelsea or Arsenal or Bayern or Chelsea or PSV or Porto or Roma or Red Star or Hamburg or Dortmund or Atheletico Madrid Galatasaryor Lyon or Fenebache or Liverpool and the list goes on, sorry no room for small clubs from small leagues in a super league, what next Mechalan, Brondby and Paris St Germaine for the super league.

By Mr Sensible.. Posted July 5 2009 at 4:28 PM.

This idiot bankrupted Madrid (they had to sell the bernabeu to the council and now play there rent free) before and will do it again. He does not care about football just his own self-engrandisment. His forlawn hope is that a supper league will allow him to repay the huge debt he is accumulating a Madrid AGAIN!!
Madrid are short sighted if they think they can behave like this with no consequences. Great if your a fan when Kaka, Ronaldo et al turn up but bad when 3 years later your club is bankrupt.
And I wonder how manypeople know Madrid alreadt have debts of 500,000,000 Yes five hundred million before the recent spending. Don't believe google it!!

By Real footie fan.. Posted July 5 2009 at 4:19 PM.

How come it is an 'interesting idea' when a European Super League is suggested in England, but when the head of a foreign club suggests it, it suddenly becomes a diabolical plan to 'asset-strip' and 'destroy' the English Premier League?

By Jeremiah.. Posted July 5 2009 at 3:45 PM.

no wonder perez is feeling the heat of the expenditure in the market now he wants to use the players week in week out so he can make shirt sales and increase on the t.v revenues to cover the loans he has borrowed that wont work.

By josh.. Posted July 5 2009 at 3:29 PM.

no wonder perez is feeling the heat of the expenditure in the market now he wants to use the players week in week out so he can make shirt sales and increase on the t.v revenues to cover the loans he has borrowed that wont work.

By josh.. Posted July 5 2009 at 3:33 PM.

I think a mid-week euro super league is inevitable unfortunately. why? because money is increasingly ruling the game, the "champions" league is already engineered to have the top16 as the last16 just look at how the seeding system works and how the fixtures and finances are distributed. the rich get richer and so the cycle continues, we're already half way there and anyone who thinks otherwise is just kidding themselves.

By PK.. Posted July 5 2009 at 3:20 PM.

what a crap idea why would ruin the prem

By jordan.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:54 PM.

Keep Champo League The Way It Is

No to the super league the prem is the best league in the world why ruin it

By Sean Mc .. Posted July 5 2009 at 3:01 PM.

Bring it on as long as Tottenham is one of the big four.

By Eboateng.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:43 PM.

This "idea" from Perez should be blasted by FIFA and if it isn't maybe a shake up for the organisation is what's needed, the one sided view from Blatter and co needs to stop, the english leagues are the hart and soul of football world wide,
For me as a non premiership supporting club (Leicester City) the highlights of my season are the FA and league cup matches against the bigger sides of the premiership, i'm sure all fans love to see their teams as underdogs battling against the super rich global corporation style sides.
Football isn't about how much money a manager /board can create through sponsorship and mould into a Champions league challenging team, it's about 11 vs 11 on a saturday each with their own game plan and style of play pitting whit's against each other over 90 minutes,
FIFA only seem to want to encourage an attacking / score one more goal than the other side style of play which i'm sure is what would be seen in a euro super league. This is an attractive type of game to watch but i don't think i'm alone in thinking that a great defensive display (chelsea vs barca at camp nou) is just as entertaining and the diversity in styles of play is why i love watching football, Arsenal of the 80's development of the offside trap was a glorious thing to watch as was greece winning the European Cup, Italy is another example of beautiful defensive football.

By Tom W.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:12 AM.

Bizarrely i believe the only benefactors of the proposed euro super league will be the supporters from outside europe in china japan etc who only support specific sides which have the biggest names and histories dictated to them by what ever the media outlets decide to show, this detracts support for local teams and discourages from grass roots development of football worldwide which in these time of global recession is the last thing we need.

By Tom W.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:13 AM.

What a stupid idea this man is as crazy as I thought he was. He is also wasting millions of euros on individual players when he could of brought 4 new teams. I feel sorry for the young players at Madrid they will never get a game. His euro league will never happen.

By warren.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:20 PM.

Real Madrid and Barcelona dwarf their opponents because of their excessive wealth. This has rendered La Liga uncompetitive with the big two the only reqlistic challengers for honours. The cause is the Spanish TV deal which allows the big two to sell the rights to their home matches for a fortune and leaves the rest with little.

By dean hilton.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:27 PM.

Is this guy out of his mind?!

By FootyGuru.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:52 AM.

i am not surprised as the spanish and italian league only have a few strong teams so they are little better than the spl but with technically superior players in the top few teams.this must make them envious of the prem especially as we not only have well supported teams and proper stadiums in the premier but the championship is also a proper more competetive league than their top divisions.

By steve short.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:51 AM.

This super league would not mean that the clubs actually leave the Premiership – the article is misleading.
It would be little more than an expansion of the Champions League to become one division on its own rather than a group stage then knockout rounds.
The teams would still compete in their own leagues.

By Matt.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:57 AM.

I don't agree with a european super league or with peoples comments of football has to change with the times that means having a european super league. Football can change with the times, within each national league. Why try & fix something that is not broken. The Real Madrid president Mr Perez probably does'nt like us having the best league in the world. But it's not just about his greed, think of the financial immplications for traveling fans, it would cost a fortune travelling to away games each season. So Mr Perez you know what you can do with your european super league !!!!!!!!

By Alan.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:12 PM.

Another thought on this subject, football will end up bankrupt and they will all have to turn amatuer, with Queen's Park waitng in the wings. Could be their time again!

By George Cargill.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:51 PM.

Can't uefa do anything about this mad man Perez. Blatter is beginning to show how fake he is by sitting still and watch this mad man rant. If this ridiculous idea had come from an English team, we all would have seen Blatter's reaction by now. .

By Bonto.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:49 PM.

Don't worry this plan will never see the light of day, Uefa will bin it without taking a glance!!

By Razza.. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:29 PM.

Celtic & Rangers would for competitive & financial reasons benefit from playing in a european super league, but the top English teams do not need europe as much as europe needs England!

By George Cargill.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:42 PM.

It makes sense that this idiot has come up with something to replace the Champions League - Madrid cant even get to the quarters! Keep calm kids - His galactic-ass project fell to pieces last time and will do again. He seems to have forgot about the 5 & 6 rule soon to come in force. And he has also forgot that at the moment Barca rule the roost.

By Carlito.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:46 PM.

As an evertonian, i think 1 season without the big four wouldn't be so bad :-P.

By Matt.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:23 PM.

Football is on a major downward spiral. Real madrid are f***ing it all up by offering ridiculous transfer fees boosting the big clubs money. a player from a smaller club would never sell for more than £25. and the main problem is in my eyes, the players not clubs

they only care about money, and only the big clubs can afford this money, so they leave. loyalty to a club only exists if you play for a big club that wins something almost every year.

football will never be back to how it was, when players would stay loyal to their club and fight to win at the top.

By TSmetalz54.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:08 PM.

I can't decide whether some of the people here are stubborn beyond belief , or just plain stupid ! Football HAS to change and evolve with the times, just as any other sport and business has to. Fans of other sports embrace change football fans think football can just stand still, well it can't or it ultimately will lose out to the other sports. Take cricket for example, not only have they embraced the technology available these days (third umpires/hawkeye) they've adapted new rules to the game and even gone as far as to introduce a whole new format 20/20 ! Rugby and tennis use hawkeye and vidio reviews without it being obtrusive to the game, and rugby underwent a massive change to a proffesional sport a decade ago. All of these sports have thrive in these changes and are always looking forward to the next chapter.
I'm not saying this particular idea is right, but something big, something revolutionary is going to be required within football in the forthcoming years to keep us ahead. There is a distinct lack of competion within the major leagues of Europe as many of you have alluded to in your comments.
Well you can't very well moan about this situation and then slate someone for coming up with an idea for change !

By Martin.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:07 PM.

florentino Perez is a scum football needs to get rid of.

By guillaume.. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:51 PM.

'We aren't good enough to win on the football pitch, so we'll play mafioso games to bully you into submission'.

Does that summarise this proposal?

By Rhys Jaggar.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:41 AM.

Well as a fans of the so called big 4 me and my mates thing it is ridiculous:
1. We would not go to any away games (cost);
2. We want West Ham, Man City Everton, the FA Cup
3. It would soon become a bore - we need to stay in the English League only - Champions League is fine as it is - look at some of the attendances in Europe - already 1/2 empty stadiums at time.

Bad idea! and it won't happen anyway - if Man Utd / Liverpool agree then buy buy those derby games - as we should not be allowed back into the Premier League and we will all start supporting other teams - where we can actually watch / go to games week in week out.

By Paul.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:18 AM.

Forget the european league. Shrink the premiership into 12 teams with 4 leagues below of 20. Thus allowing considerably less games to play for premiership teams.

Wage cap needs to be introduced NOW!! and when a player signs for 4 years he stays for 4 years, if he extends his contract then stays until the end of his contract - period! Unless a mutual agreement is found.

Teams can only purchase players if they have no debt. Yes i appreciate this would mean hardly anyone being able to buy players. Maybe it would help teams to recruit players locally at a younger age.

Re-introduce the no more than 3 foreigners in your football team when playing in europe and also introduce it for premiership.

By Adrian.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:17 AM.

the big four wouldnt go as a united fan i would prefer to watch the premie league then super league

By united.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:45 AM.

It's already getting boring seeing Bayern vs Real almost every year and Liverpool vs Chelsea every year.

A Super League would destory what is special about European football. Just imagine if they did the same with the World Cup - it would destory the mystique.

This move is about money, not football, and would help destroy it. Remember when they had two group stages in the Champions League? That was too much, let alone a super league.

By Dan.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:52 AM.

I have absolutly no interest in Watching Chelsea Real Madrid, AC Milan v Ajax etc. I am sure even Man Utd fans would rather watch games against Man City than Roma or PSV. I hope it goes ahead and flops, and lets get back to reality. Mr Perez is only after the income after a borrowing spree that would put UK banks to shame. Any idiot can borrow £300,000,000 and buy the worlds best players. The real triumphs are the likes of Marinio winning with PORTO.

By Mick Surtees.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:07 AM.

Damn,is this perez man out of his mind.would he have said this in the last three seasons.does he think money can play football.

By philip.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:17 AM.

Let the big 4 go. The premier league has become a sick joke with those massive debts at the top clubs leaving crumbs for the rest.

By palfsattic.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:05 AM.

The man believes he can sit back and let everyone bake the cakes, then come along and eat all the frosting.... The best v the best would be a great idea.... only problem is it already exists. Having another version of the Champions League will only make it less exciting.... "...oh not Barca v Chelsea again.... BORING!" Our favoured leagues (mine is the SPL) are our favourites for a reason. I love seeing Rangers get beat by St.Mirren and Liverpool get beat by West Brom etc., it's great for the game, and this super league idea (Like here in Oz a few years back when Rugby League split) is ridiculous. Keep everyone in their own leagues (that goes for Celtic and Rangers too) and the CL will continue to be the Pinnicle it deserves to be.

By DownUnderCelt.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:49 AM.

It has taken English football a number of decades, but they have managed to catch up with the situation up in Scotland, the only difference being that they have the BigFour, whilst Scotland have the BigTwo! This european super league will consist of who? ManUtd,Liverpool,Chelsea,Arsenal, RealMadrid,Barcelona,AtleticoMadrid,Juventus,ACMilan,InterMilan,Napoli...who would be left out? The Champions League isok as it is. Don't spoil the romance of the game.

By George Cargill.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:49 AM.

Just get rid of the seeding in the Champions league. More chance of the top teams playing each other then and better for the smaller teams.

By Lee Hignett.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:37 AM.

The quicker the better for me.A super leauge will destroy football because in the end the top 2 teams from each european countries will be the only ones taking part and every year the same players will change teams.In effect the names of the teams will disapear and so will the fans.Who wants to be a fan following a team of players who next season will be playing for the other team.Its a joke.So fewer people will watch and the money men will leave and then we can return to proper teams.Back to basics where localplayers play for local teams.
If England win the world cup the Italians will claim the victory, its a farce

By Neil.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:27 AM.

As a fan of a CCC lge team, I say bring it on. Let the big 4 run off to a Euro Lge. But not before the PL, FA and FL give them an ultimatum.
'If you join a Euro Super Lge, you relinquish all association with the English Lge. That means not playing in the PL, no FA Cup and no more Wembley Finals'
If they really want to give all that up, then bye bye, it make the English game a lot more competitive.

By digger, newark.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:27 AM.

The Premieership is already a bore with the 'also rans' packing the midfield to get a draw with the big four.

The existence of a 'big four' has already shown that to compete you need big, big money and the smaller Premiership teams simply cannot compete. Even Liverpool and Arsenal battle to compete despite the briliance of their managers.

Roll on a European Super League..............the best in the world week-in, week-out'; what a pleasure!

Liverpool versus Juventus and Arsenal against Bayern beats Liverpool or Arsenal against any Preiership team other than Manchester United or Chelsea.

Roll on the European Super League. Where do I sign up for the Super League TV channel?

By Bryan .. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:40 AM.

The real fans are the ones going to be punished here by not being able to follow their teams home or away ...because of the totally incredible prices they are going to have to pay to go to these games. for instance can a postman /binman /joiner/brickie afford a flight to spain every 2nd week and then pay to get into the game a nights stay a few beers
me thinks not
back to school to train to be a liar ..sorry lawyer

By raphael.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:21 AM.

No one say to change the format of the premiership of any other league, the only thing he say is to change the format of the champions league, so no one will like to watch play Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter, Juventus, Roma, Bayer, Lyon, MU, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Madrid, AT Madrid, Valencia, etc every middle of week. So MU fans will don't go to watch in OldTraffort play Barcelona, OK.
Who in the last 20 years want the premier Spurs? Villa? Everton? They only ones can win are Chelsea, MU and maybe if the spend more money Liverpool and Arsenal the rest no chance


By the way Madrid don't need premiership money it is already the reaches club in the world, own by the fans and the President of Spain is a Barcelona fans

By its22jf2.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:50 AM.

this is a very interresting preposition by the financially unreasonable man but what he would end up doing is turning the top flight leagues in other countries into championships to enter the super league of his and how would one go about deciding the teams this guy really doesnt think man the logistics are simply unsound first you go and spend hords of money while there are people in your streets that are starving then you suggest and expensive league that would raise problems for every one cause of how to pick this guy he is just stupid

By chad micheal.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:32 AM.

This has been coming for some time and is a natural progression, just as the Premier League was. Of course TV audiences worldwide want to see these teams playing each other every week and these teams can vastly improve their income, that's why people like the Glazers and Hicks and Gillette bought in. No-one watches Fulham vs Sunderland or Wigan Vs West Ham in Asia, they are simply not interested. The only way they know these teams exist is through gambling or when they're playing one of the big 4. Anyone who doesn't think this is going to happen sooner or later is sadly mistaken.

By Richard Byrne.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:26 AM.

Football has long lost it's marbles. Let 'em do it and get the dead horse here sooner rather than later. I'd have no interest in this after the first season and a half - it'll go the way of European Gridiron.

Many fans of top clubs are glory hunters, and want to see their team with a trophy every year. Good luck to them when they have to put up with real results.

Like Ron Greenwood used to say - 'only one team can win it, the rest have to entertain'. 0-0, 1-1 and away goal defending isn't entertaining. AND, with so much money at stake don't think the football will go any other way - look at the comments on here from Rangers' fans! MONEY first, football second.

By ka.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:22 AM.

Heard it all before, but strangely enough the cries were not from the Premier League fans; it was those of the 3rd and 4th division fans who could only watch in horror as the "Big Clubs" stole all the TV money and destroy the English game as it was then. Now we have no real outlets for the thousands of British lads who want a chance of playing in the big time. Mainly because we have so many foreigners playing not only in the 1st team, but also the youth teams of the Premier league teams. Suck it up guys and gals, lets see how many of the B teams in the PL would survive without their money making big brothers!

By gramps427.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:16 AM.

So he's flashed his cash about, brought in some of the most talented players in the game and now he thinks he is suddenly some sort of messiah for football?

Football evolves over time and I admit it needs stunts like this for it to happen, but this is a joke. Perez lives in some sort of dream world, where usually only the rich live. Smaller clubs will only suffer from this and the fans of the big clubs will too.

This isn't a dream for the evolution of football, this is only a selfish dream for Madrid.

Btw when are FIFA going to speak up about Madrids spending?

By Ed.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:19 AM.

I cannot stand Perez and his second 'Revolution'. Uefa and Fifa officials consistently mock the English game and its large amounts of money spent and not enough home-grown players etc... but what Perez is doing is a disgrace to football. I admit that the Premier league spends HUGE amounts of money but that is just the shape of football these days. However, many English fans will still support their teams due to the history of the game within the country. I understand that Spanish fans would most likely feel the same way, but for Perez to consider this type of set up is taking it too far and although they may think about it, i couldnt see any English club owners proposing this idea to the public, how stupid can you get!

By liam.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:10 AM.

I think the Real Madrid prez is dreaming. Playing a different competition alongside the Champs League is "stupid". He wants to recup the money he has spent "foolishly" this summer by using the other big clubs.Also he's jealous of the Premier League and that's why he's buying big to be at par with the premiership.He can't bring the premier league down because it has already been accepted worldwide.I want to assure him that,the Champions League final will be held at the Bernabeu but they will be absent.

By Reynold.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:15 AM.

this is a man who is now coming to terms with the realisation that a few unfortunate injuries to some seriously overpriced players could send his ever incresing house of cards into bankruptsy ,and is now trying to persuade the powers that be to follow his plan for a financial escape plan. which if they are true to form will most certainly oblige . to hell with the good of the game ,its all about our us.

By rorge.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:58 AM.

So effectively they want to draw on the money in the English game for their own purposes?? To be honest, let them start it up, get all the big money clubs out of the English game and let the rest of us get on with a fairer, more comeptitive league rather than the same boring predictable league every year. Would be interesting to see how long the new Man City owners stick around for if the Premiership profile drops off due to a superleague starting?? There is just so much wrong with this idea though I don't even know where to begin.....!!!!

By Manicman.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:44 AM.

Great, let it happen, it'll last a couple of years, and then go bust. In champion league games, where they don't matter, (moreso on the continent), no one turns up or watches them = low ticket/ad revenues for most of the year.

The premiership need to grow some balls and kick out any team joining a "super" league. The prem would become a more exciting league than the usual 4 horse race.

By Si.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:47 AM.

Utterly ridicuous and would be a huge mistake on the part of the clubs who join such a league.
The great thing about football is that dominant teams come and go. Since the 50s we have seen Wolves, Spurs, Liverpool, Leeds, Forest, Arsenal, Man United, Everton, Chelsea etc dominate at the top level for various periods.
Man United almost went 30 years without a title and played in lower divisions not so long ago.
By creating a Super League it would mean that no club outside the 4 that would "represent" the Prem in it would ever be able to rise up and become top dogs again.
I think FIFA and the domestic governing bodies, should issue threats to the clubs hatching the plan along the lines of, if the club breaks away into a Euro Super League then they should be banned from all domestic competition and that any player who plays for the Super League clubs gets an automatic ban from every FIFA/UEFA, Concacaf etc International Tournament. Take away the promise of World Cup participation and International Football from the players and they would soon scrap the idea.
What a disgusting idea, driven by nothing but greed. No genuine fan would follow a club if they made such a move, only the plastic, glory hunter and corporate nobodies would be interested in such a tacky circus.

By Jon.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:46 AM.

Fine by me, let the "big four" go. And when it all falls apart let them start in the Blue Square Premier and work their way back up.

By Dom.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:33 AM.

This is the future of football and it is something that Abramovic has discussed in the past. There is a wave of opinion in the higher echelons of the European Game that the top teams will move to a super mid week league and either play with 2 teams or with very different teams in the different competitions. Roll on and hurry up.
And by the way you small minded lot, Celtic and Ranger would be in that league with the top 4 or 5 from England.

By ronniebhoy.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:21 AM.

Perez is the proper definition of how the game has lost its sense of direction. If you make the top clubs play each other week in and week out, do you think the fans will keep up with the traveling costs and tickets. I dont think many clubs will eventually join this as it may be costly flying the team every week around europe. I havent heard anyone saying anything about how outrageous the money Real have spent. If Real and Perez did care about the game they would have donated some of the millions to save several clubs in La Liga. Soon there will be a handful of clubs in Spain watch this space.

By champo.. Posted July 5 2009 at 8:06 AM.

lol This geeza stands no chance Abramovich alone could buy everything this nutter owns easy never mind the other billionaires in the premership

He Stands no chance JOKER

By Dan0.. Posted July 5 2009 at 7:12 AM.

madrid get more money from tv revenue than any english club becuase they sell their matches individually.. so dont go on about them wanting a slice of the prem tv revenue coz thats a load of rubbish!!!

By Paul.. Posted July 5 2009 at 5:09 AM.

the only reason he wants to do this is so his team and all the other top european teams can get a slice of the tv revenue that the prem generates, its not so the top teams can play more regular against each other, thats just a cover, its cos he is jealous of the cash prem teams get from tv!!!
and he knows that a second league running along side domestic leagues would not work, the players would all be overworked and burn out!!!! which would ruin not only domestic leagues but national tournaments aswell, imagine a world cup where all the best players are all injured cos they have played toooooo many games in the season!!!
the only ppl this would benifit would be some european clubs, it would be a very very bad move for the prem teams and national football!!!
DO NOT DO IT, I REPEAT, DO NOT DO IT!!!!!!!!

By mic84.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:21 AM.

This guys a nut the champions league is so boring when it gets to top teams playing for 1 all draws or scoring an away goal and then defending there lead,thats what a euro league would be like, give me the premiership any day

By bluze.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:39 AM.

All he is saying is that we need to remodel the champ league and ensure the top teams play each other more regularly.

Nothing wrong with the concept. I'd see it as a 2nd ongoing league whereby the top European teams are in as right, and the others have to qualify to get into a super league which would start say end of September...take a break over winter, and then re-start for the run in.

One off cup games give upsets, but imagine having to play top teams every week and you would genuinely see who had the consistency in europe and who were just cup teams...If I were Rafa at the Micks I'd be very worried by this.

By Lee.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:28 AM.

Rangers might get extra cash?? ha ha ha!! I think he wants the top teams from the top leagues, he would be better off taking a handful from league two than go near scottish football

it's a silly idea, think of how the leagues in each of these countries would just fold over night

By james.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:14 AM.

Real madrid need to cut their strings with the Spanish government and play on the same playing field as every other football club!The only problem with that is they wouldn't be involved in the Champions league because they wouldn't be able to afford to.Offering players tax free pay,borrowing millions off banks,loaning the training ground for pennies and negotiating their own TV rights is out of hand and not fair!It's amazing that Blatter,a Real club member hasn't said anything about all this?

By kidder.. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:19 AM.

love the idea, might even get rangers extra cash

By thomas.. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:09 AM.

sounds like the pathetic ranting of a man who has overspent and needs the additional revenue to pay the bills. one galacticos a year will sell shirts and pay for themselves, but the real one-fan one-shirt model does not extend to 6 stars, 6-shirts per fan. he needs the money that a superleague sponsor will give - but will fans really tune in to this week in week out? who cares for the champions league in mid-october?

It will just become a bore - the mystery of the big clubs gets blown away when they get spanked week in week out. you sell more shirts on the legend than the reality!

By ric.. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:11 AM.

It is broke and in serious need of an overhaul, I'm afraid when the Premier League come out with ridiculous statements like the 39th game to be played somewhere abroad, then all is lost, might as well go the whole hog.

By jake .. Posted July 4 2009 at 11:44 PM.

If it aint broke don't fix it......

By Theo.. Posted July 4 2009 at 11:10 PM.