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Billy Haisley

Fans protesting the establishment of the breakaway European Super League demonstrate outside Stamford Bridge stadium, home of Chelsea Football Club, in London, United Kingdom on April 20, 2021. Chelsea is one of six English Premier League clubs to have signed up to the planned midweek competition, announced on Sunday night in defiance of condemnation from football authorities and political leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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The European Super League Is Undead

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Laura Wagner

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Spotify Guy Really Wants People To Know He’s Serious About Buying Arsenal

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Luis Paez-Pumar

A photo shows a grafiti entitled "The failed coup" (Il Golpe Fallito) by Italian artist Laika, showing Juventus President Andrea Agnelli puncturing a football, near the headquarters of the Italian Football Federation in Rome on April 21, 2021.

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The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Morons

Chelsea Football Club fans celebrate outside the team's Stamford Bridge stadium on April 20, 2021 in London, England, after it was announced that Chelsea Football Club would seek to withdraw from the new European Super League. Six English premier league teams have announced they are part of plans for a breakaway European Super League. Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will join 12 other European teams in a closed league similar to that of the NFL American Football League. In a statement released last night, the new competition "is intended to commence as soon as practicable" potentially in August.

Fans Respond To News Of Football Super League

The Sublime Joy Of Bringing Billionaires To Heel

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Ray Ratto

The Super League Protests Showed American Fans What’s Worth Getting Mad About

Absolute Scenes As Rowdy British Lads Have Tossed The Super League Into The Rubbish Bin

Banners and football scarves are tied to the fences around Anfield Stadium, the home of Liverpool Football Club, in protest at the club's intentions to join the European Super League on April 20, 2021 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

The European Super League Is Already Showing Cracks

An anti-European Super League banner is pictured outside the Emirates Stadium, home of English Premier League football club Arsenal, in north London on April 19, 2021. - Twelve of Europe's biggest clubs on Monday said they planned to launch a breakaway Super League, despite the threat of an international ban for them and their players. "AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as founding clubs," said a statement by the group. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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To Hell With The American Model

A statue of a Champions League trophy stands outside the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas, northeast of Madrid, during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and Elche on March 13, 2021.

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Why The European Super League Is Evil

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