What an extraordinary 48 hours the football world experienced earlier this week.
Out of the blue we were faced with the prospect of a closed shop European Super League only to see it blasted out of the water by a surprisingly effective broadside of primarily fan and media power… and people who simply love football.
There was an all-round feeling that what had been proposed came down to little more than a brazen, greedy power grab.
It ended in an unbelievably humiliating U-turn by the 12 clubs, or rather chairmen involved, and quite an extraordinary climb down. How they misread the situation so badly is quite baffling. It won’t be quickly forgotten.
At the time of writing, it seems unlikely the EPL clubs involved…
