An image of the club badges of the clubs that could be represented in a newly created European Super League. (Image credit: Sky Sports)
The idea of a European Super League has reared its ugly head again recently, with Stan Collymore suggesting there will be a doomsday scenario if it comes into effect.
A year ago the The Super League seemed doomed to failureAnd Gary Neville was one of the most famous former players shy away from the idea of its creation.
However, that is Unify League is the new concept that is now being pushed forward by the organizer A22and expert Stan Collymore believes there is a sense of inevitability about the project.
Whether this would mean the end of the Premier League as we know it is currently debated, although there is some certainty that other leagues will fall by the wayside.
The Super League is inevitable
“I think the whole idea of Super League was and is absurd, especially when it’s an invite-only type of tournament,” Collymore told CaughtOffside Exclusive column.
“It’s in the news again and you can see what’s going to happen.
“The way FIFA launched the Club World Cup is a prime example. He managed to crowbar Lionel Messi there, even though his Inter Miami side had no real sporting merit, apart from a second-tier Leagues Cup or whatever.
“You can imagine all the Super League organizers doing exactly the same thing to make sure the usual suspects are there, leaving out players like Nottingham Forest who absolutely deserve a place on this season’s form.
“It is ironic that Forest could well qualify for the Champions League this season if they continued like this in the second half of the season but failed to qualify for a first Super League tournament.
“As absurd as it is, the Super League is inevitable and it will happen.”
If in reality fans and clubs don’t want the Super League to take place, then they simply have to mobilize against it, like they did last time, and end it once and for all.
It appears that both Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only two European giants fully committed to the project, so it may well be a few years before it becomes a reality.
At this point, however, Collymore believes football as we know it will be over.
The Super League will end football as we know it
“Many people will say: let the teams go, we have a sufficiently strong and robust pyramid system in England, but if it didn’t run alongside the domestic leagues, the Super League would kill many leagues across Europe dead,” he added added.
“Let’s be honest: if you take out the two biggest clubs in a lot of these leagues, they’re finished. Complete.
“I just don’t think the organizers care because they just want to see Real Madrid against Manchester United or Barcelona against Bayern Munich and Ajax against Inter Milan etc. in a loop every week.
“Whatever the national leagues or the fixture lists, it doesn’t bother them.
“Pep Guardiola has literally racked his brains over the scheduling of the Club World Cup, so we as football fans have to decide and the FA has to decide when enough is enough in terms of the number of games being played .
“The Super League is just greed and a vanity project.
“No thanks.”
