What I find strange about all of this Superleague stuff is that it is presented as if it just happened suddenly without any warning. This was talked about for quite a bit of time and I guess many fans and media just didn't take it seriously or forgot about it. Then when the teams finally did make their move, the fans woke up and were "Oh, you were serious about this!"
Fully agree. This has been talked about for years.
I found it interesting is how it was portrayed in the UK media. It's clear that media influencers in the UK decided to take a stance against it. When the news first broke, it was portrayed as if the teams were joining a European Superleague at the expense of the Premier League, when in reality none were leaving the PL and it was at the expense of the UEFA Champions League. Then when this became clear, the UK media went xenophobic - really attacking American and other non-British owners and making them out to be evil.
You have to wonder that if the media influencers had tapped into the Brexit mentality and portrayed it as English clubs and their friends sticking it to the Europeans (UEFA) would this have worked out differently?
The big irony was Man Utd fans rioting. Uniteds successful years were built on abandoning local Manchester fans and appealing to property developers and banking tycoons. It became a status symbol to get a private helicopter to Old Trafford, eat prawn sandwiches and drink champagne and leave without even knowing or caring who won the match.