Any future efforts to reshape top-level football must include input from fans, the boss of a leading sports broadcaster has warned. Plans for a European Super League were launched and fell apart over 72 dramatic hours earlier this month, with the clubs, their leagues and UEFA still in recovery mode. Government pressure was one factor in the collapse but protests by fans of England’s ‘Big Six’ – who had all signed up – were widely considered to be the major reason for the clubs’ change of heart. Over-the-top broadcasting platform DAZN was reported to be involved in the ESL plans on the day they were confirmed, but it moved swiftly to deny those reports. Its co-chief executive James Rushton indicated that any new competition in the future was effectively a non-starter without fan buy-in.

Source: Express April 29, 2021 13:52 UTC