‘Ban Super League clubs from Prem’

ALAN Shearer has called for the Premier League to ban Man City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal ‘immediately’ after the six clubs agreed to join the European Super League.

The so-called big six have signed up for the breakaway competition alongside AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid.

The shocking plans have rightly been condemned – the 12 founding members would tellingly never face the threat of relegation – and Newcastle United are strongly against it.

Just as the Super League have ‘chucked a grenade’ at the Premier League, Shearer has called for top-flight bosses to ‘chuck one back’ by banning the six clubs ‘immediately’.

“It’s not correct. It’s not right what they’re trying to do. It’s not competitive. It’s a closed shop – you can’t have a competition where no one else is allowed in,” he told BBC Breakfast.

“Look at the great work that Leicester have done, that West Ham are doing. If it were to happen then they can’t get involved with the elite. That is just plain and simply wrong.

“The owners are clearly removed from the heritage of the competition. They don’t have any sense of value of the club’s relationship with the fans and the community.

“The clubs talk about being a family and fans being the soul of the club, and how they have missed the fans. In this pandemic, that’s all we’ve heard: ‘The game isn’t the same without the fans’.

“Well, let’s see what they really think about the fans because the fans have now spoken and it’s clearly obvious they, we, don’t want that.

“What is it? 12, 15 owners that want this? That is it. Everyone has spoken and everyone is against it so let’s just see what their fans mean to the football club.”