The proposed European Super League appears to have had a long and storied history of about, uh, three days.
From the very moment 12 of Europe’s biggest soccer clubs — like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Juventus and Chelsea — announced plans to break away from UEFA’s Champions League structure to form its own Super League, fans almost universally responded to the news with absolute outrage.
There were protests in the streets. Soccer governing bodies threatened unprecedented sanctions against Super Team clubs and players. Governments even threatened to get involved.
Well, after three days of sustained outrage, Chelsea was the first domino to fall. Ahead of Tuesday’s match against Brighton, it was reported that Chelsea FC would file paperwork to withdraw from the Super League.
BREAKING
I understand Chelsea are now preparing documentation to request withdrawing from the ESL— Dan Roan (@danroan) April 20, 2021
Once that news went public, the Chelsea protestors outside Stamford Bridge changed their tune from anger to jubilation. This was their reaction:
The news report of Chelsea's withdrawal from the European Super League has reached the fans outside Stamford Bridge who were protesting 🔥 pic.twitter.com/231CXhM5Fy
— 𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎 (@TheEuropeanLad) April 20, 2021
The scene at Stamford Bridge as it’s reported Chelsea preparing to withdraw pic.twitter.com/meZpntKiBc
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) April 20, 2021
As that news spread, it was also reported that Manchester City would withdraw from the Super League as well.
Manchester City pulling out of Super League. City have told organisers they no longer want to be part of the £4.6billion scheme. Full details coming @SunSport @TheSunFootball @TheSun
— Martin Lipton (@MartinLipton) April 20, 2021
That didn’t take long.
