Man City’s stance on European Super League 2.0 as new breakaway emerges

When the European Super League launched to a furious reception in April 2021, Man City were supposedly the last of the English clubs to sign up.

Like supporters of Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Man United, Man City fans 🍷took to the𝕴 streets to protest the breakaway league.

It promptly fell apart – within 48 ho🌠urs of its launch, in fact.

That was held up as a shining example of how collective action in football can defeat even a multi-billion dollar project♚ led by JP Morgan and the sport’s most powerful executives.

However, A22 Sports Management – the f🀅irm represe⛎nting the two remaining Super League Clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona – remain confident that they will one day be able to relaunch.

The El Classico duo have꧑ won several battles ൩in the courts in the European Union, which they hope will give other Super League-curious clubs a prompt to sign up.

Now, the Supꦜer League rebels are also speaking to English clu🍃bs to get them to sign up for a revised🌱 version of the 𒅌competition.

Man City have repeatedly distanced themselves from the Super League, but with A22 now b🔯riefing that they are confident of getting the blessing of English clubs, could their position have changed?

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Man City side with Paris Saint-Germain in Super League saga

A new report fr🉐om , a reliable Spanish outlet, claims that A22 have spoken with over 100 clubs with a view to gauging their interest in a revived Super League.

Significantly, they are confident tꦦhat at least 60 of those clubs are likely to sign up when they eventually go live with the relaunch.

For English clubs, it waꦑs presumed that the imminent introduction of an independent football regulator could block any attempts to join up.

However, FIFA rules that stipulate that governments cannot get involved in matters of football governance could act as a counterweight here, TBR understands.

Theꩲ articꦚle meanwhile suggests that the ‘powerful English clubs’ are all broadly in favour of the competition, despite what their executives have said publicly to the contrary.

But Man City are the exception.

Alongside Paris Saint-Germain, another club whose de-facto owners are the royal ༺family of a Gulf state, City are said to remain in staunch opposition to the Super League.

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What might a revamped European Super League might look like?

The main criticism aimed at the European Super League in its April 2021 form was thatജ it was unmeritocratic.

This time, A22 are looking to sidestep these accusations with a promotion and relegation system thaౠt could, in theജory, see any club play in the top division.

It is also said that the competit♍ion would be ru♕n in mid-week and alongside, as opposed to in place of, domestic European leagues.

To fend off charges of giving players unmanageable workloads, the competition would feature💧 19 games for the winning team.

That is two more than whoever wins this season’s Champions League winner will 🐼play.