Executives from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United have reportedly held talks around establishing a Super League open only to the elite sides.
A recent meeting between five Premier League executives and Relevant Sports chairman Charlie Stillitano at one of London’s grandest hotels set the alarm bells off. The European Super League was very much on people’s minds as representatives of Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool conducted business with the American company with big plans for promoting European football across the Atlantic.
A few weeks earlier it had been European Club Association chairrman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge who mooted a joint league with the best clubs of England, Spain, Germany, France and Italy.