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An hour later, all 12 clubs turned the screw further by resigning from the European Club Association (ECA), as Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano also stood down from their roles at Uefa.
 

Current players soon began speaking out: one of the first was Ander Herrera, Paris St-Germain's former Manchester United midfielder. The Spaniard, whose French club side had not signed up to the ESL, said: "I cannot remain silent about this, I believe in an improved Champions League, but not in the rich stealing what the people created."​

 
"This is new for us," he added. "We might be naive in not knowing we have snakes close to us. Now we do. There will be legal action soon."
 
At 17:00 BST Paris St-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi denied he had turned down the chance to replace Andrea Agnelli as chairman of the ECA because PSG were considering joining the ESL, insisting his reason was simply a reluctance to add to his existing workload.
 
Elland Road became the focal point on Monday evening. Leeds supporters were joined by fans from other clubs as they gathered outside the ground to stage a protest - during which a Liverpool shirt was burned, and a plane flew over the stadium displaying an anti-ESL message.
 
Leeds players wore T-shirts saying 'Earn it' next to the Champions League logo and 'Football is for the fans', and left the shirts in Liverpool's dressing room in case they wanted to join the protest. That angered Klopp.
 
"We were not involved in the process," he said after the game. "We are the team, we wear the shirts with pride. Somebody has made a decision with the owners in world football that we don't know exactly why."
 
At 23:00 BST former England captain David Beckham, now a franchise owner in the United States' Major League Soccer, posted on Instagram that football was "nothing without the fans" and that the game should be "for everyone" and competitions "based on merit".
 
Tuesday began as combatively as Monday had ended, as much of Europe awoke to an interview with Real president Florentino Perez - the first ESL chairman - that had gone out on Spanish TV late on Monday night. Perez claimed the clubs were "doing this to save football at this critical moment" and that "young people are no longer interested in football".
 
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