The root of all evil has once again prevailed, leading Daniel Levy to a catastrophic error in judgement as he pledges Tottenham’s commitment to the universally condemned Super League.
Participating teams, in an unimaginable show of greed and selfishness, are set to fill their own coffers to the tune of over £300 million simply for committing to the nefariously concocted Super League. It’s a prime example of capitalism gone mad, exemplifying everything that is wrong with the current versions of football and, on a more macro level, society.
The cash windfall, if the Super League goes ahead, will garner Tottenham four times the amount Bayern Munich received for winning the 2020 Champions League.
JP Morgan, the investment firm with bottomless pockets, will reward handsomely their commitment to a league that will invariably decimate the creed and pedigree of the Champions League, turning it into a far inferior product.
It will more resemble the Europa League while the current version of the Europa League would become a product as undesirable as the thought of Arsenal winning the Premier League.
The gaul and intolerable hubris of Liverpool’s John W. Henry, Joel Glazer of Manchester United and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke, along with primary figurehead Florentino Perez, Real Madrid’s owner, further accelerates my loss of faith in football.
The Fat Cat tycoons got together via covert Zoom calls to conceive of a league that totally forsakes the traditional values football was built on: the right to compete and ascend, by way of promotion, to the next level; the vulnerability to underperform and be relegated. No team in the Super League will ever face the high-stakes threat of relegation or elation of promotion.
Unfortunately Levy, by committing Tottenham to the ghastly money grabber, is guilty by association. But did we honesty expect anything else from our shrewd chairman, who has repeatedly put business before football during his tyrannical rule at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
Daniel Levy shows true nature… again
Not like we needed more proof, but his latest decision to involve Spurs in what is tantamount to a garish exhibition of exorbitantly paid footballers in a league conjured up by a set of narcissistic, vainglorious and barbarous owners, has yet again highlighted his true nature.
It’s infuriating, particularly in the midst of an economically crushing pandemic that has forced countless football clubs to the brink of solvency — if they haven’t already gone belly up — to see a select few benefit while the majority suffer deeply. That unfortunately sums up modern capitalism, where the rich get extortionately richer, continuously and astonishingly widening the disparity between the haves and have nots.
Don’t get me wrong, the thought of Tottenham doing battle every week against the world’s best clubs is alluring, but isn’t that what the Champions League is for? Sure, we probably won’t qualify for next season’s Champions League, but that will make it all the more rewarding next time we fairly qualify for the world’s most prestigious club competition.
Being ordained by a select few, primarily due to Tottenham’s financial upside, to participate in a made-up “Super League” is as unwholesome as it is undeserved.
We all know by now about Levy’s shrewd, callous persona. He is, above all else, a calculating business mogul whose preoccupation with the green stuff belies the ethos of club supporters. Tottenham’s loyal, hard grafting supporters have been personally affronted by the money-first direction in which Levy has forcefully taken our beloved club.
While I rarely agree with anything Gary Nevill says, his hard hitting opinion of the Super League’s proposed participants is right on the money.
😡 | "I'm a #MUFC fan and I'm absolutely disgusted."
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) April 18, 2021
💥 | "They are an absolute joke."@GNev2 gives a brutally honest reaction to reports that England's biggest clubs are expected to be part of plans for a breakaway European Super League.pic.twitter.com/qvAPKdLxwN
Taking into consideration the universal condemnation of this absurdly proposed cash cow, I can’t conceive of the Super League being permitted to go ahead. Even if it does get stopped in its tracks by the likes of UEFA, FIFA and a cocktail of Europe’s domestic leagues, the irreparable damage to Levy’s already tarnished reputation has been done.
He, along with the other participating club owners who conduct themselves with utter disrespect, have in one foul swoop insulted everyone who loves football for the purity of the game.
Tottenham supporters should stand up and not rest until their voices are heard. This abomination simply cannot stand.