On Sunday, plans for a European Super League with soccer’s biggest clubs was announced. By Tuesday, those plans appeared dead.
After reports that Chelsea, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona were pulling out of the European Super League, it was beyond clear that the ill-advised breakaway league was never going to come to fruition. All it took was 48 hours of sustained anger from the soccer world, which included actual protests in the streets.
In a sense, it should have been expected that a collective of powerful billionaires and ownership groups got together to create a self-serving league to line their pockets. What was surprising, though, was how quickly that plan fell apart for all the world to see.
And you best believe that Twitter took great pride in the collapse of the Super League.
The English Super League pic.twitter.com/vqjSpyfpAQ
— (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) April 20, 2021
The Super League: pic.twitter.com/oHyj3lzxg1
— Rowan Meegan (@RowanMeegan) April 20, 2021
European Super League highlights pic.twitter.com/TcXSZpQ7nI
— Nick the not-so-quick (@nick_fcb13) April 20, 2021
The Super League after one (1) day of getting owned online pic.twitter.com/2lWO8dYbPF
— Lee Feiner (@leefeiner) April 20, 2021
Harry Kane after winning the Super League trophy by default pic.twitter.com/HDQmi3TPpm
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) April 20, 2021
Spurs lifting the Super League after all 11 other clubs pull out 😆 pic.twitter.com/VYpZP1968V
— PurelyFootball (@PurelyFootball) April 20, 2021
Florentino Perez at the next Super League meeting pic.twitter.com/Ukx7lTqDUp
— luke📸 (@lukethfc24) April 20, 2021
European Super League highlights 2021-2021#europeansuperleague pic.twitter.com/BsikmqFGwB
— Jamie (@Jamie_183) April 20, 2021
Super league highlights pic.twitter.com/igWLwyKIDj
— ☔️ (@moknowsbalI) April 20, 2021
John Henry knowing he has to pull out of the European Super League now that every other club has. pic.twitter.com/UJBnYfcCv4
— – (@AnfieldRd96) April 20, 2021
The Bayern Munich board tonight after the Super League fell apart: pic.twitter.com/l6IajsquNx
— Rick ¹⁸ (@_RickFCB) April 20, 2021
