Evening StandardEuropean Super League LIVE news and reaction with breakaway in ruin after Premier League clubs withdraw
The breakaway European Super League looks to be over after a dramatic sequence of withdrawals from all six Premier League clubs involved led founder Andrea Agnelli to admit that it could no longer happen. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham all signed up to the controversial plans over the weekend, only for each club to pull out on Tuesday night.
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The six English sides involved in the European Super League announced on Tuesday night that they were withdrawing from the project.
Evening StandardEuropean Super League can no longer go ahead after Premier League withdrawals, admits Andrea Agnelli
European Super League founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli has conceded that the breakaway league can no longer go ahead after the Premier League's six members withdrew on Tuesday night. Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United all reversed their decisions to take part in the controversial Super League after pressure from the rest of football, government and even royalty since it was announced on Sunday night. A statement from the Super League overnight said that they would "reconsider the most appropriate steps to reshape the project", but the Juventus chairman and one of the key driving forces behind the attempted breakaway has admitted that it cannot continue - though the Italian remains "convinced of the beauty", stating it would have been the best competition in the world.
