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The European Super League was three years in making. It took 48 hours to unravel

The European Super League was three years in making. It took 48 hours to unravel.




These were the three defining words of a week that shook European football's very foundations.

On April 18, 12 of Europe's biggest, most successful and financially powerful clubs -- subsequently dubbed the "Dirty Dozen" -- announced their intention to breakaway from the current UEFA competition format and create their very own Super League.

As football fans began to grapple with the concept, it didn't take them long to vehemently criticize the move as one fueled by greed, the desire to hoard more money and wield more power than they already do.

The Super League guarantee 15 clubs a place in the 20-team competition every season, regardless of performance on the pitch.

Except, as many fans pointed out, some of the 12 founding super clubs really aren't all that super.

Tottenham Hotspur has won just one League Cup in the past 30 years; Arsenal hasn't qualified for the Champions League since 2016 and AC Milan since 2013; and Inter Milan hasn't progressed from the group stages since 2011.

This was a power grab intended to guarantee the Super League's founding members status and revenue, which some of them aren't currently earning from their performances on the pitch.

The Super League's structure goes against the very essence of what makes European football so compelling.

Promotion and relegation allows supporters of teams further down the football pyramid to dream that, one day, they might well be able to compete against the very best.

#TheBallman

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