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Like a turd that won’t flush or a New York c0ckroach that cannot be killed, the European Super League simply refuses to go away. And after a European Court of Justice ruling that Uefa and Fifa were bang out of order to ban clubs from joining the version that collapsed under a fan-led backlash three years ago, the brains behind it are back peddling a new and – by their account – improved version of their all-singing and all-dancing breakaway club-owned competition run outside the jurisdiction of European football’s governing body. And while the immediate impulse of Football Daily upon learning of this new development was to roll our eyes towards the heavens, mutter a few expletives and write about something else entirely, it behoves us to bring you up to speed on the latest musings on the subject from Bernd Reichart, who is the public face of A22, the company behind this tedious wheeze.
For many decades, Brazilian football has always been the escape route for the people when they faced daily problems. This was the fuel of the people and today we see a total lack of interest in the national team. Among hundreds of things that motivate me to become a candidate … [it] is to recover this prestige and respect that the national team has always had” – the original Ronaldo is running to be head-honcho of the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) and if he’s half as good at admin as he was at football, he’ll hoover up some votes.
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