VIENNA — Late Sunday, the European Super League was born; late Tuesday, it withered away. Forty-eight hours after a cartel of 12 of Europe’s richest soccer teams from England, Spain, and Italy launched the breakaway league, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur all announced they were walking away from the project. AC Milan, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan have since backed out of the league; only Barcelona, Juventus, and Real Madrid remain. On Wednesday morning, asked if the Super League could still proceed, Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said, “To be frank and honest no, evidently that is not the case.
The pandemic precipitated Europe’s Super League fiasco, and the issues aren’t going away
