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Football fans, players and politicians today joined an outcry against the six clubs joining a European Super League — as it emerged they could be barred from the FA Cup and their star players dropped from the England squad.
Accusations of “betrayal” and “greed” were levelled at them, from grassroots supporters right up to some of the greatest names of the game.
Boris Johnson revealed that the Government was studying measures to block the so-called Super Six — Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur — from going ahead with the move.
“We are going to look at everything that we can do with the football authorities to make sure that this doesn’t go ahead in the way that it’s currently being proposed,” he said.
He hinted at measures to force big clubs to pay heed to their fans. “These clubs are not just great global brands,” Mr Johnson told reporters during a visit to Gloucestershire.
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