Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeSix Premier League clubs are among 12 European teams to have signed up to a breakaway Super League. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham are among the teams to sign up. The Super League is a direct challenge to UEFA, whose cash cow would effectively be slaughtered without its biggest, most glamorous sides. (Image: PA)It had appeared that UEFA had fended off a breakaway Super League with its new Champions League format, which is set to be brought in from 2024. "Let’s hope it’s stopped in its tracks because it comes down to just greed.”A Premier League statement said: "The Premier League condemns any proposal that attacks the principles of open competition and sporting merit which are at the heart of the domestic and European football pyramid."

Source: Daily Mirror April 18, 2021 12:37 UTC