European Super League

[Mo Britain]

Disgusting attempt from these 12 clubs...

While it has been clear - almost explicit - that this Arsenal is a business that exists to make big K more money, and that the history/culture/fans of the club are relevant only insofar as they can make him more money, my enjoyment of the sport and my love for Arsenal has always been at the forefront of my mind. This has definitely changed that for me, the extreme greed/corruption and the blatant attempt to essentially destroy the sport for every team outside of the "ESL" is most representative of what Arsenal is to me right now. Of course the emotions are still running high, but I do think this may have fundamentally changed the way I view Arsenal, the club that I've loved since a child.

The dissolution of the (thankfully) short lived ESL is a massive victory for the sport, and we will see how it plays out with UEFA competition amendments/sanctions, but it is a massive failure of Arsenal (and the other 11 teams) to misrepresent their fanbases - the most important investors - who's lives have been enriched by the love of the sport, the culture and the history of these clubs. Things that these clubs were so eager to be rid of for a buck.

On a brighter note, the protests from the fans/players/managers/pundits/media/governments have been generally fantastic IMO. Out of all the spheres of life where greed dominates all else, it's nice to see that in the game of football there are at least some limits to that dominance, the people just won't have it after a certain point. Another plus, is I do think this will cause a lot of people to reckon with the current UEFA/FIFA set up, as they are and have always been far from perfect and rife with corruption themselves. Optimistically, this shake up will force a critical look at how these organizations can change for the betterment of the game.

You are quite right. This should not be an ending but a beginning towards getting rid of corruption in football.

 

[dashsnow17]

I mean don't get me wrong the execs at Arsenal are a bunch of rats whom i'll never forgive for this, same as the rest of them, but they've had a milligram of common sense to put out a decent statement, Utd's and Liverpool's statement is an utter joke.

 

[GDeep™]

Flo can keep Ødegaard.

 

[Riou]

I wish the Sp**s statement included a "Jose is Back" part

 

[blaze_of_glory]

These apologies are clearly bogus. If they wanted to avoid upset, etc they woudn't have just dropped the bomb like that two days ago. But they probably knew doing a proper consultative approach would have gone nowhere so they tried the nuclear option and it blew up in their face.

Makes me think we really might see some club sales though if they were desperate enough to try this. I dunno.

 

[Camron]

Back to the Arteta thread!

 

[GDeep™]

When you’ve seen Orzil, Ødegaard doesn’t impress you.

 

[Rimaal]

Arsenal’s statement is good compared to the others.

Shame it means **** all.

It's good because they had their PR office working on it for a couple of hours. The Athletic probably drafted it.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Well that was an interesting 24 hours.

Now, Everton.

 

[TakeChillPill]

Haha they wanted the quick route.

The most Weasley owners on the planet!

 

[Riou]

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I Reckon we should create our own private Arteta thread at this point...

 

[Mo Britain]

Flo can keep Ödegaard.

Have to sell him cheap now to get some money in the kitty.

 

[drippin]

Entire epl is out

Lawyers are the winners for sure. I wonder if it will be an epic battle.

Btw. they all seem to say "proposed ESL", like it was just a suggestion.

 

[Blaziken]

now lets win europa league and sack arteta on this blessed month <3

 

[Riou]

 

[Beany]

Kroenke out!

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Well that was an interesting 24 hours.

Now, Everton.

Can't believe you just getting here now. One of the best threads ever!

 

[albakos]

Now that we're out of ESL, the pressure should not stop !!!

Maximum pressure to get Kroenke Out must continue!
There's plenty of reasons to get him to leave our club after this shambles.

Let's continue with #KroenkeOut trend !!!

 

[dashsnow17]

These apologies are clearly bogus. If they wanted to avoid upset, etc they woudn't have just dropped the bomb like that two days ago. But they probably knew doing a proper consultative approach would have gone nowhere so they tried the nuclear option and it blew up in their face.

Makes me think we really might see some club sales though if they were desperate enough to try this. I dunno.

Also the "we got invited and just couldn't say no" is such bullsh*t, it's all bullsh*t, but at least it's half-decent PR.

 

[em9999]

I hope all six get a points deduction and massive fine

Disgraceful