Twelve of Europe’s top football clubs launched a breakaway Super League on Sunday, launching what is certain to be a bitter battle for control of the game and its lucrative revenue. As well as United, Premier League clubs Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have signed up to the plans. The Super League said that they aimed to have 15 founding members and a 20-team league with five other clubs qualifying each season. World soccer's governing body FIFA expressed its "disapproval to a 'closed European breakaway league' outside of the international football structures". "Plans for a European Super League would be very damaging for football and we support football authorities in taking action," Johnson tweeted.

Source: Egypt Today April 19, 2021 00:45 UTC