European Super League: Premier League big six' don agree to join new league
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham dey amond di 12 clubs wey don agree to form European Super League (ESL) wey be new league.
Di Premier League clubs go join AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid for dis plan wey don already begin shake di world of football.
Di clubs wey dey involved release joint statement on Sunday, 18 April.
ESL say di founding clubs wey start am don agree say di competition matches go dey happen for middle of di week but clubs no go stop dia normal-normal national leagues for dia kontries.
Di plan na to launch di women competition as soon as possible afta di men's tournament begin, ESL bin tok.
Football join bodi react
Uefa and di Premier League don condemn di plan for ESL when di tori comot on Sunday.
World governing body Fifa don tok am before say dem no go recognise any competition and any players wey chook hand for any league like dis and say dem fit deny di players chance to play inside di World Cup.
Uefa, wey be governing joinbodi for European football, release joint statement wit England Football Association, di Premier League, di Spanish Football Federation, La Liga and di Italian Football Federation and Serie A, say dem go dey "united" to try and stop di breakaway league with "all available measures".
Dem also sama dia own warning say players wey follow play inside di ESL go dey banned from all di oda competitions for domestic, European, world level and dem fit make dem no see dia national teams represent.
After di Super League announcement comot, Fifa say dem no approve di competition but dem say "all parties wey dey para for di mata, suppose discuss inside ‘calm, constructive and balanced’ tok-tok for di good of di game".
Football Supporters’ Association di reason why di clubs dey don join hand do new league na "greed".
The clubs involved must answer to their fans and the wider footballing community before taking any further steps. (2/2)
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) April 18, 2021
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