The proposed European Super League may have flamed out within 48 hours of it being announced this week, but for a brief time we were being promised a new league chock full of footballing superpowers: AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Internazionale, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur.
Had the whole thing not dissolved quicker than you could say "this idea is a spit in the face of all football lovers," the competition would have pitted a stellar selection of the continent's most venerated and decorated clubs (and Spurs) against each other.