Neil Lennon had his say on Sky Sports about the proposed Super League that’s now crumbling before our very eyes.
The former Celtic manager believes the manner in which it was brought to the fore was totally unacceptable and contributed to the backlash across Europe.
Lennon also claimed you can’t have a super league without the likes of PSG and Bayern.
“Yes, it can’t be a Super League without the like of PSG, Bayern Munich, Benfica anyway.” The former Celtic boss told SkySports, as cited by the Daily Record.
“This has been a concept that has been talked about for a long, long time, but just the manner in which is was brought out publicly and that there was going to be no relegation, it just was a non-starter for me.
“I don’t think the owners of these clubs who are dominated by money and power have really got a depth of feeling of people around the world, in Europe, particularly here in Britain, and not only for their own clubs but what it means to people in the UK.
‘Already we are seeing clubs backtracking and it’s a complete embarrassment for them.”
The whole concept is in retreat now due to the backlash from UEFA, FIFA and the supporters.
Some believe they’ve saved the soul of football. In reality, they get to play in their heavily skewed Premier League setup where fourth placed sides swagger into the Champions League where winners of leagues in Scotland and Netherlands have to jump through Hoops.
Nobody can convince me the game is not already rigged in favour of the richer leagues.
Perhaps they’ll let us play with their ball now since a lot of them are not happy with greed?
