The Life and Death of the European Super League
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
It has been one of the most spectacular collapses in sports history. On Sunday, many of the world's largest soccer clubs announced that they were forming a new 'Super League' -- by invitation only, and accessible only to the wealthiest and most historic teams in the land. But then came the backlash. Fans, players, managers, sponsors, pundits, and non-participating teams cried foul and created such an uproar that, within just two days, the league had all but fallen apart. The Athletic's Adam Crafton has been covering the fast-moving story up close, and he joins us today to discuss the remarkable rise and fall of Europe's most ambitious -- and most short-lived -- soccer league.
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| 0:46.0 | Everything go barenda, everything go club involved in a green is super league. It's a big pain sale. |
| 0:59.0 | On Sunday the soccer world was turned upside down by an unexpected announcement. |
| 1:05.0 | Huge developments in the future of European football. |
| 1:08.0 | Six Premier League clubs are expected to be part of plans for a breakaway European super league. |
| 1:13.0 | What we have now is civil war in football. |
| 1:17.0 | And then just 48 hours later it all fell apart. |
| 1:21.0 | A proposed super league for a European football has collapsed within two days of being launched. |
| 1:26.0 | Today the athletics Adam Krafton on the incredible rise and fall of the European super league. |
| 1:33.0 | And who ultimately benefited from its collapse? From Wondry and the Athletic I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:38.0 | It's Thursday, April 22nd and this is the lead. |
| 1:46.0 | Well Adam we're going to wade into the somewhat messy world of European soccer today. |
| 1:51.0 | But even though the story might sound a little confusing, it's fundamentally pretty simple I think. |
| 1:57.0 | What in your opinion is this story really about? |
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