Senior club official says Premier League Rule L9 – which says any member Premier League club needs prior written approval by the Board to enter a new competition – has “patently been broken” by the rebel six; another club executive says deductions or fines would hurt the wrong people.
The other 14 Premier League clubs are divided on whether the ‘Big Six’ should face sanctions after they abandoned their plans to join a European Super League, Sky Sports News has been told.
One senior club official has said they want to pursue the possibility of punishments because they feel there is a clear breach of Premier League rules, and a precedent must be set to act as a deterrent to possible future breakaways.
Premier League Rule L9 says any member club needs prior written approval by the Board to enter a new competition, and this official says that rule has “patently been broken” by the rebels signing an agreement to join the proposed Super League.
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An executive at another Premier League club has told Sky Sports News that any sanction imposed on the ‘Big Six’, such as points deductions or fines would hurt the wrong people – the players, managers, and, crucially, the fans of those clubs. Instead, they advocate the Premier League rules being tightened for the future, but they say the ‘Big Six’ should be welcomed back into the fold quickly, because “there has to be a measure of realism” here, with those six clubs so crucial to the “overall commercial and sporting success” of the league.
There is likely to be another meeting of the 14 Premier League clubs – possibly even later on Wednesday – to discuss what should happen next.
Tuesday’s timeline – how the Super League collapsed
- 8:30am – Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol tells Good Morning Sports Fans that he understands the Super League could collapse
- 10am – FIFA president Gianni Infantino reiterates the governing body’s ‘strong disapproval’ of the plans
- 10:45am – SSN understands cracks begin to emerge among the Premier League sides committed to the Super League
- 12pm – Senior figure at one of the breakaway Premier League clubs insists they ‘will not back down’
- 12:30pm – Prime Minister Boris Johnson says ‘no action is off the table’ in stopping the Super League
- 1:30pm – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola criticises the Super League, saying ‘it is not sport’
- 2:15pm – 14 Premier League clubs ‘vigorously reject’ Super League plans
- 5:30pm – Chelsea fans begin protesting outside Stamford Bridge
- 6:30pm – Chelsea’s performance and technical advisor, Petr Cech, urges fans to let team into stadium; kick-off against Brighton delayed
- 7pm – News breaks that Chelsea are preparing to withdraw from the Super League
- 7:30pm – Manchester City follow Chelsea in withdrawing from Super League
- 8pm – Manchester United executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, steps down
- 9pm – Liverpool players come out against the Super League on social media
- 11pm – Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham withdraw from the Super League
- 1am (Wed) – Chelsea officially confirm they are also withdrawing from the Super League
- 1am (Wed) – Super League says it will ‘reconsider’ proposals
Source: SkyNews
