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Desperate Super League organisers 'believe a modified version of the hated competition can still go ahead' with England's Big Six amid claims the English giants 'still haven't formally left' the botched plan

All six English clubs involved in the European Super League are yet to formally leave the hated competition – with organisers claiming that the botched masterplan will relaunch, according to a report.

Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea all withdrew from the European Super League within 72 hours of the seismic change to the sport being dramatically announced in April.

A spate of public apologies and pledges to resist revisiting the doomed idea followed, but the so-called Bix Six allegedly remain co-owners and shareholders of a holding company in Spain, with senior sources close to the venture claiming there is 'no mechanism' for withdrawal and the league will be relaunched, The Times has said.