Johnson commended celebrated the league's collapse Wednesday morning. Governments and politicians, including United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had also opposed the Super League, and promised to do anything in their power to prevent it. But those three others – Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and PSG – rebuffed the league, weakening the founders' leverage. In their Sunday statement, they said they "anticipated" that three others would join them as founders. The 12 "founding members" were also unsuccessful in their attempts to woo elite clubs from Germany and France. Both Chelsea and Man City are set to play in the Champions League semifinals next week, and UEFA had threatened to expel both clubs before those games. Legal challenges and threats likely did as well. "As a result of listening to you and the wider football community over recent days we are withdrawing from the proposed Super League."įan backlash played a major role in the league's collapse. "We made a mistake, and we apologize for it," Arsenal said in a letter to fans. Hours later, the other four English clubs decided to follow Chelsea and City. Give people time.”Ĭhelsea's and Man City's backtracking dealt a major blow to the league, and led to an emergency meeting among the dozen clubs Tuesday night. But the sport can't simply move forward as if these three unprecedented days never happened.Īnd whereas some Super League founders expressed remorse in their withdrawal statements – Liverpool's American owner, John Henry, took responsibility and apologized to fans Wednesday morning, saying the saga was "something I won't forget" – others stood by their intentions. UEFA, the European soccer governing body who so strongly opposed the Super League, moved to welcome the clubs back to the establishment. Manchester United CEO Ed Woodward will leave the club. "Given the current circumstances, we shall reconsider the most appropriate steps to reshape the project," the Super League said in a statement Tuesday night – though its unclear who exactly was behind the statement. Juventus said "necessary procedures" to dissolve it "have not been completed," but most founders intend to complete them. Its suspension came amid widespread criticism of the plan, hatched by 12 top clubs from England, Italy and Spain, to break away from the existing structure of European soccer and form their own exclusive league.īut just two days after agreements were signed – and one day after Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said the agreements were binding – the league fizzled out.
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