Rayo Vallecano manager Andoni Iraola is understood to be among the leading candidates to replace Jesse Marsch as Leeds United manager. (Independent)
Valencia: Former La Liga winners and Champions League finalists in turmoil. BBC. This all sounds so Southampton. How a bad owner can ruin a club. La Liga winners facing relegation.
If PL teams almost guaranteed relegation can financially out muscle historically significant clubs, a European Super League is almost inevitable. I can definitely see a more considered Super League occuring without English clubs and having the PL and ESL competing with one another. Getting to the point that you almost can't blame European clubs for wanting it, given the vast gap in finances.
what is super about leagues of 60-80 teams?? That’s just a complete reshuffle of European football. They just want a foot in the door so the eventual end goal gets one step closer. Closed league with all the big European teams in it. If they’re all sheikh playthings I couldn’t care less, let ‘em go. Can’t see anyone being sucked in by this latest nonsense.
I just feel that clubs in Europe, aside from the dodgy trio, will eventually get behind it. The money in the PL in the last few years is, quite frankly, ridiculous. On current trends the 20 PL clubs will routinely be in the top 25 wealthiest. That disparity will have consequences.. I don't want it as much as the next person, but it doesn't take Mystic Meg to realise that historically significant clubs won't put up with the current discrepancies for ever. The first attempt at a Super League was pie in the sky nonsense, the next variety may well be far more considered and possible.
A 60-80 team league with relegation is actually much less appealing to the better sides (that aren't PSG/Bayern) in Italy, France, Germany etc. The surety of remaining in that league and with the revenues that entailed was the primary selling point for them, because they would be consigning themselves to be also-rans. Joining a league where they are unlikely to be competitive most years, and where they're liable to get buried further down the pyramid (where revenues would absolutely tank) is an absolute non-starter. Makes zero sense.
Without knowing any of the financial details it's all just conjecture. Top clubs in England run the risk of relegation every single year, though in reality it is nigh on impossible. That would also be true of any super league so I don't see why this wouldn't appeal? Bayern and PSG will still dominate smaller clubs based on a myraid of factors and whilst possible, they won't get relegated for the same reason Arsenal never do. In any case, I don't think you need to appeal to heavily to the original super league clubs, as they are evidently up for it. It's the other 50-70 teams that will populate the new leagues. I reckon a Fiorentina, a Marseille and a Valencia would be more than up for joining a super league if it meant they could compete financially with a Bournemouth, Southampton or Brentford. We're currently in an existance where a club that struggle to fill a 20k stadium have more financial clout than teams that attract 50k every single week. It's obvious this won't be put up with for long, hence the plans to create a new European league structure.
