Read more about British lawmakers to use legislative power to prevent European Super League on Business Standard. Lawmakers in Britain’s House of Commons were told the government will use its legislative powers to block controversial plans for a breakaway European Super League.
Lawmakers in Britain’s House of Commons were told the government will use its legislative powers to block controversial plans for a breakaway European Super League. Six of Britain’s Premier League clubs have joined forces with six other big clubs from Italy and Spain to plan the new league. As outrage grew from fans across Britain, Sports and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden told the Commons he had already had support from Prime Minister Boris Johnson for action to block the plan. Saying football was in Britain’s DNA, Dowden told MPs in an emergency statement that football clubs aren’t just businesses, they define communities across the country. “I was appalled by the announcement made late last night that a handful of clubs are proposing to form their own breakaway European league,” he said, Xinhua reports. “These six clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur) announced this decision without any consultation with football authorities, or with the government. But worst of all, they announced it without any dialogue whatsoever with their own fans.
