Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

TALKING HEADS: WHAT FOOTBALL THINKS

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FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED DEFENDER GARY NEVILLE

“The Glazers have no place in Manchester any more. We have to work together to ensure that ownership rules in this country are changed. The people have spoken. We were on the brink of anarchy if this continued.”

LIVERPOOL GREAT GRAEME SOUNESS

“The supporters will not forgive the people who decided to go for this idea ... they’ve been shown to be people that would take quick money. They would sell their soul, basically. They were going to sell the souls of our major football institutio­ns. I don’t know how these clubs will manage to get back onside.”

FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED CAPTAIN RIO FERDINAND

“Teams finally seeing sense and pulling out of the £Superleagu­e... Football is and ALWAYS will be about the fans.

The fans have obviously not been a considerat­ion at all... disgrace.”

MANCHESTER UNITED CAPTAIN HARRY MAGUIRE

“Let’s all stay UNITED”

FORMER LIVERPOOL DEFENDER JAMIE CARRAGHER

“Super League is finished! Well done to all fans up & down the country!”

PRIME MINISTER

BORIS JOHNSON

“I welcome last night’s announceme­nt.

This is the right result for football fans, clubs and communitie­s across the country. We must continue to protect our cherished national game.”

THE FA

“We welcome the news that some of the clubs have decided to abandon the European Super League, which threatened the whole football pyramid. English football has a proud history of opportunit­y for all clubs and the game has been unanimous in its disapprova­l

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