The photo above is of Steven Zhang . who in my opinion shows how rare it is for even the rich to sign a quality contract.
The story is complete. For whatever reason , only one club that signed the contract for the Financial league actually put clauses in it to protect their club. The club in question was Inter Milan, and the president of the club at that time was Steven Zhang.
What did Zhang, whom I will forever respect do?
He made sure a clause was in the contract for Inter Milan such that they could pull away if they didn't get the support of all their sponsors.
This is called business!! BUSINESS!!!
What asshole who is the president of a club signs a contract not informing their sponsors, and beyond that offers no provision for the protection of their club.
I can tell you the assholes. Josep Bartomeu- the now legally fallen former president of FC Barcelona which is funny cause, Barca always talks about the club members voting and yes the president of barca was unwilling to have a clause in the contract allowing barca to leave if their members voted out. Andrea Agnelli the now excommunicado former president of Juventus clearly put his career on the line and when his cousin found out about this, he was out. Now I comprehend why hi cousin did what he did. This idiot born rich went to the finest schools supposedly signed a contract binding Juventus to a project absent an escape clause.
Asshole. These are the rich, they are dumb.
The glazers who own Manchester United, the Red sox owners who own Liverpool, the Kroenkes who own Arsenal, are the backbone of this and this goes back to the purpose of usa owners in England in the first place. The English Premier league should not had been given the first tier status in England, the English fa betrayed itself allowing that, and that led to the financial league today. These Statians are dumb. I don't mind greed, but signing a contract that you can't get out, is dumb, that makes you an asshole.
The abu dhabi royals are assholes who don't care. Uncaringness doesn't make you an asshole. They have so much money they don't care. No matter what legally happens mcfc is not the cornerstone of their empire. Florentino Perez is an asshole gambler. He lost the presidency of Real Madrid with the first galacticos for the overall result of the project. I imagine the gamble is to remain president forever. He clearly led the show.
Abramovic was an asshole owed, in his case one and a half billion dollars by Chelsea itself. Because of external events he wrote that money off and then sold the club. Now I comprehend why the English government was so keen to give Chelsea to someone from the usa, maybe he was the only viable buyer. Because any new buyer of Chelsea, if they are not interested in being part of the financial league wouldn't be able to leave Chelsea based on the contract signed.
Now I fully comprehend why PSG/Bayern Munich/West Ham and others didn't join. The news media knew everything I am posting, but chose to not mention it cause it would expose most of the clubs who signed the contract to the financial league as incompetent, at least. Bayern Munich is many things but to sign a contract without a clause that allows them to get out is… irresponsible.
The fans of the game, the clubs who signed, the clubs who did not, in majority are opposed to the financial league. But the clubs who signed a contract without a clause to get out in my view are more than greedy, the fans great claim; they are stupid, assholes, those presidents and owners are no different than a player who signs a bad contract with a club.
Looking at you Endrick and Vitor Roque.
Steven Zhang, well done, well done. A true business person of quality. I am really angry that all these financially wealthy people were willing to sign a contract that didn't offer themselves protection. That is.. really negative. Greed isn't evil. But Greed absence care for thyself is.
THESE ARTICLES or FRAGMENTS CITE MY POINT
Why Inter are the only team that formally quit the Super League
ByLorenzo Bettoni
Mar 4, 2022 13:39
Inter have officially abandoned the Super League project thanks to a clause included in their contract with the organizers of the breakaway competition.
The Nerazzurri were part of the 12 elite European clubs that announced the Super League less than a year ago. It collapsed within 48 hours with Premier League giants quitting the project, followed by Inter, Milan and Atletico Madrid.
Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona are still involved and the Old Lady’s President Andrea Agnelli insisted yesterday that the Super League ‘did not fail.’
However, he added that the contracts signed one year ago are still valid for 11 of those 12 clubs.
“UEFA knew that I as Juventus president was working on something different,” said Agnelli.
“The Super League is a collective work of 12 teams, not one person. Twelve clubs signed a 120-page contract and it is still binding for 11 of those clubs.”
According to COPE, Inter are the only team that has formally managed to quit the competition. The Serie A champions had a clause that allowed them to pull away from the project if it didn’t gain the support of all of their sponsors.
https://football-italia.net/inter-quit-super-league-thanks-to-contract-clause/
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Fans are opposed to the new league, and aren’t interested in watching it
Our snap poll shows just how strongly fans feel, with nearly eight in ten (79%) of those who follow football opposed to the new league, including over two thirds (68%) who “strongly oppose” the ESL’s creation.
Opposition is highest among fans of the left-behind Premier League teams, with 88% of those following a team outside the big six opposed to the European Super League, compared to 76% of fans of the big six themselves.
Only 14% of football fans are in favour of the new league. Even among fans of the big six set to be part of the ESL, fewer than a fifth (19%) support of its creation.
As well as being opposed to the new league’s creation, only a fifth of those who follow football (21%) expressed an interest in watching ESL matches when the season begins.
While some three in ten supporters of the English sides taking part (31%) are interested in watching, two thirds (68%) are not.
Among fans of Premier League teams outside the big six, interest is even lower, with only 13% interested in watching compared to eight in ten (83%) who are not interested in tuning in.
In fact, three quarters of fans (76%) would rather their team not join the European Super League, including a similar proportion of those who support one of the big six clubs acting as founding members (74%).
Chairman of the European Super League, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has said the new competition would "help football at every level” and their “responsibility as big clubs is to respond to [fan’s] desires”. However, fans don’t see the creation of the European Super League as being either motivated by what fans want to see, nor as good for lower level clubs.
The vast majority of football followers think that the 12 founding clubs have been motivated more by financial gain (89%), with just 3% thinking that the creation of the European Super League is being driven more by fan’s desires, while some 5% think both motivations have played a part.
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https://yougov.co.uk/sport/articles/35361-snap-poll-football-fans-overwhelmingly-reject-euro
All six English football clubs that joined the European Super League have failed to formally leave it, amid claims by organisers that the competition will “eventually relaunch in modified form”.
The so-called big six stated that they were withdrawing from the ESL after its launch backfired in April. However, the clubs — Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea — remain co-owners and shareholders of a holding company in Spain with clubs from Spain, France and Italy.
Several of the clubs acknowledged yesterday they were still part of the European Super League Company but said they were determined to leave. Yet two senior sources close to the venture claim there is “no mechanism” for them to withdraw, and that the league is waiting to be relaunched in modified form.
They said all 12 of the original breakaway clubs had to agree unanimously to dissolve the entity and that any club leaving unilaterally faced unlimited fines.
Organisers believe the owners of the clubs accept that the football world faces a financial crisis exacerbated by Covid-19 and that in due course they will relaunch a compromise version of the Super League.
“The owners know this is not the end — it’s just the beginning,” a senior source said. “We will resume dialogue, whether this year or next year. It’s just financial gravity. Football can’t survive in its current form.”
Florentino Pérez, the president of Real Madrid, has said the 12 clubs that joined the league have “binding contracts”. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have not abandoned it.
Arsenal said: “We have been absolutely clear we are withdrawing from the ESL. This is subject to a legal process which is under way.”
Manchester United said: “The club has no intention to revisit the Super League concept. Any suggestion otherwise is simply an attempt to mislead our fans.”
When the ESL plan was rushed out at the end of April, the government threatened legislation to block it. After an intense backlash from fans and the media, nine clubs — the six English sides, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Athletico Madrid — dropped out, leaving Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus.
The three clubs have said they are within their rights to form a new competition, as a result of which they would withdraw from the Uefa-run Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.
Uefa and Fifa, the European and world governing bodies, united in opposition to the Super League, saying that the participating teams would be banned from their domestic leagues and their players from international competition.
Super League representatives believe that Uefa and Fifa are breaching EU competition laws by preventing the clubs from breaking away. A case has been filed with the European Court of Justice with the aim of establishing whether the two governing bodies do indeed have the exclusive right to organise competitions. The hearing could take up to two years.
A source close to the Super League said: “It’s our belief we will win that case based on precedent in other sports and it will pave the way for the Super League to eventually relaunch in a modified form.”
https://www.thetimes.com/article/football-super-league-is-not-dead-just-resting-gbrp00dpv
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