The history of European soccer& #39;s long-discussed, hastily arranged, belatedly announced, much-derided and quickly abandoned Super League in nine tweets coming up:
By Monday morning, the fight to stop the Super League was on, highlighted by frantic phone calls, shouts of "Judas!" and words like "snakes" and "liars" being tossed around. Notable? A lack of defenders for the project. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/sports/soccer/european-super-league-football.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/1...
Tuesday was a blur. First whispers and then street protests and then the news: City was out. Chelsea was wavering. Arsenal and Spurs and Manchester United walked away. Liverpool too. Forty-eight hours after it began, it was all over.  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/sports/soccer/super-league-collapse.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/2...
The back story was even richer, though. How Barcelona tipped everyone& #39;s hand, how Trans raised the alarm, how PSG and Bayern turned down the league and then helped to kill it, how an olive branch tucked into a speech in Switzerland gave England& #39;s clubs a way out.
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