Neville and Carragher launch call to arms to STOP Super League

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher launch emotional call to arms for supporters, pundits and managers to STOP the European Super League and kick out ‘scavenger’ owners like the Glazers, insisting: ‘Forget allegiances and who you support’

  • The Premier League Big Six announced European Super League plans Sunday
  • Liverpool and Arsenal fans protested outside their home grounds earlier on
  • Reds fans also linked up with Leeds supporters to show their disapproval 
  • Gary Neville however insisted fans must take further action by writing to MPs
  • Jamie Carragher also called for all sections of the football world to unite 

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher launched an emotional call to arms to football fans, pundits, managers and players to help bring proposals for a controversial European Super League to a grinding halt.

Liverpool and Arsenal fans have been seen protesting with banners outside Anfield and the Emirates Stadium earlier on in the day after their pair joined the two Manchester clubs, Chelsea and Tottenham founding members of the controversial new breakaway tournament that would replace their European commitments with UEFA, such as the Champions League.

Reds supporters also joined together with Leeds fans outside Elland Road ahead of their two clubs facing off, holding up banners reading ‘RIP Football’ in protest against the plans, while Marcelo Bielsa’s men wore ‘Football Is For The Fans’ t-shirts during their warm up ahead of facing Jurgen Klopp’s men.


Jamie Carragher (left) and Gary Neville (right) have launched a call to arms to stop the European Super League from being launched

Liverpool and Leeds fans protested before the game after proposals from twelve European clubs, including the Premier League Big Six, were announced on Sunday

Leeds player also wore ‘Football For The Fans’ t-shirts as they warmed up for the match

Twelve clubs across Europe, including the Merseysiders owned by John W Henry’s Fenway Sports Group and Stan Kroenke’s Arsenal, announced the launch on Sunday night, leading to widespread criticism from figures including UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin.

But speaking to Monday Night Football, Neville insisted rivalries and allegiances must be put aside for the time being to stop the proposals being implemented.

He also urged the Glazer family to be booted out of Manchester United, describing the current owners – who bought out shareholders between 2003 and 2005 – as ‘scavengers’ following their important role in the founding of the Super League.

‘I like the reaction of the government, royalty’ the reaction of fans. But if they get this through, and they’ve pushed this through in the past, it will change football forever in this country,’ Neville said.

‘It is difficult not to get emotional and feel sick, but honestly you have got to write to your MPs, to your local football clubs, everybody has got to come behind this.

Arsenal fans also hung banners outside the Emirates Stadium in protest at Stan Kroenke

‘Pundits for BBC, ITV, BT Sport, forget allegiances and forget who you support. We have got to come together to stop this proposal.

‘This is an attack on everything that has been important in this country. Football has helped in the last 10 months in the midst of a pandemic more than ever keep people going.

‘They are trying to take it away from us. I feel slightly complicit. I have stayed pretty quite over the Glazer family over the years, but I cannot live with attacking every single football fan in this country. 

‘They have stepped over the mark. They are scavengers and they need booting out of this football club and this country. 

‘We have got to come together now, some might say it is too late, but it is never too late. We have got to stop this. It is absolutely critical we do.’

Neville also urged the Glazers to be booted out of Manchester United, calling them scavengers

Former Reds defender Carragher called from similar action to be taken, and urged Liverpool fans to lead the front of players, managers and pundits having chased former owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks out of the club in 2010. 

‘My message to everyone is I think these clubs think this is a done deal. I don’t think it is, I think supporters up and down this country can stop it, I really do believe it,’ Carragher stated.

‘I think the forefront of that will be Liverpool [fans] because I have seen it before. We have tribalism and rivalry in this country, and that’s what we love. 

‘Football fans get together, all of us in TV, pundits, players, managers, get together and stop this because it can be stopped. I am convinced of it.

Jamie Carragher urged Liverpool fans to lead the way having run previous owners out of the club

‘Going forward that is what we need, marches on stadiums, supporters getting together, this cannot be allowed to happen.’

Football governing bodies UEFA, FIFA, the Premier League, the FA and European Club Association along with football associations in Italy and Spain have shown their disapproval about the ‘closed’ Super League that goes against ‘sporting competition and integrity’.

UEFA have already threatened to ban the sides involved in the Super League from European competitions this season and also prevent their players from taking part in international football.




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