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Virtual stadiums will kick off a new debate over the sport’s ‘real’ fans
A cabal of über-rich football club owners did not properly assess the opposition
Plus, digging into the Super League’s legal case against Uefa, and more.
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus take legal action to overthrow ‘monopoly’
Action halted as three holdout rebel clubs push ahead with legal case to shake up game
English clubs make ‘goodwill gesture’ and agree to rule changes
Concession comes after latest wave of protests against botched European Super League plan
Javier Tebas hits out at Fifa over breakaway competition and says Champions League will survive
Promotion bid shows US ownership can be good thing for the beautiful game in England
UK fund manager Lindsell Train expresses disappointment at reputational damage to teams from breakaway bid
Nine teams agree ‘reintegration measures’ but Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus remain holdouts
FA demands all relevant information on failed project as Premier League chiefs warn of ‘significant sanctions’
Match against Liverpool called off after Old Trafford pitch demonstration against US owners
The best 10 stories to read on a week of high drama in European football
Claims of cronyism reach Boris Johnson. Plus, the fallout from the European Super League plan
Twelve of Europe’s top clubs planned to shake up the sport. Instead, the project collapsed spectacularly in just 48 hours
US bank’s underwriting of €3.25bn in funding had been instrumental in creating competition that collapsed this week
Florentino Pérez is the famous frontman of the failed competition but a duo of trusted advisers have been helping behind the scenes
Spanish league urges rebel clubs to bring spending in line with reality in wake of breakaway project’s collapse
Super League mastermind suffers rare humiliation as clubs abandon competition
The failed plan to reorganise Europe’s most popular sport spoke to the arrogance of anything-goes globalisation
Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid join English football sides in quitting breakaway competition
Agreements would have left top clubs with hefty liabilities if they had quit once competition started
Failure of scheme is a rout for the American model of sports business
English clubs’ about-turn on plans for a European Super League was more clash of cartels than David vs Goliath victory
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