There has been talk of the European Super League and former Arsenal boss has shared his thoughts on how this could affect the Premier League.
Arsene Wenger has warned the European Super League could be ‘bad news’ for the Premier League if it comes to life.
Recently, Manchester United and Liverpool were in talks to start Project Big Picture before it was eventually dismissed. However, it wasn’t long before talks of a certain European Super League came to life.
Reports say there could be a new European competition worth £4.6billion that would see a number of top sides combine together. Many top figures have hit against this and the ex-Gunners boss is the latest to add his voice
Arsenal boss Wenger, now head of global football development at FIFA, insists its creation could have a bad impact on the Premier League.
Wenger told the Guardian: “The Premier League has a superiority. The project [Big Picture] wanted to reinforce this superiority.”
“The other leagues tried to destroy the advantage the Premier League has. For them, the best thing to attain that is to create a European league.”
“So that means to destroy the Premier League, basically. So if they get the agreement from the English big clubs, it will happen.”
Wenger then claimed the main target by the driving forces behind the European League is to ‘make more money’.
When quizzed on whether the European Super League is football driven or business-led, Wenger replied: “It is football as well. But of course, we are in a period of owners who are investors.”
“What are the investors’ first target? It’s to make more money. And so that the European Super League is one way maybe to make more money.”
The European Super League competition is expected to involve between 16 and 18 teams, and will be played at midweek during the normal European club season.
It would start as a typical league campaign before the top-performing teams would enter a knockout competition to crown a champion.
Financially, it could be a massive boost for all clubs involved. But on closer look, it’s easy to agree with Wenger about a bad impact for the Premier League and it’s ‘superiority’ above other leagues.
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