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European Super League: 'A seismic, pivotal week in football - but game not yet over'​

 

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It was a story that football will never forget.

 

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The crisis sparked by the European Super League (ESL) and its subsequent collapse remained towards the top of major TV and radio bulletins, and on newspaper front pages throughout the week.

 

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Outside of major events like an Olympics or World Cup, very few sports news stories have dominated headlines, nor generated such interest. The great Fifa corruption scandal of 2015 is the only one I can recall that came close in terms of impact and intensity.

 

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Certainly the events of Tuesday when - while furious fans protested outside Stamford Bridge and those close to the ESL insisted the project was proceeding as planned - I learned that Chelsea were preparing to pull out, sparking the implosion of the entire project on a seismic evening of chaos and climb-downs, were as dramatic as anything seen on the pitch this season.

 

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But, while the despised breakaway may have unravelled, and the level of mainstream interest has now faded a little, the story is far from over.

 

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Not with the unprecedented backlash it generated across the game and beyond, and what it told us about the importance of our national sport and its traditions in our lives and society.

 

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Not with the influence that fans suddenly seemed to wield, along with the willingness of players to voice their dissent, even if it means breaking ranks with those that employ them.

 

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Not with a fan-led review into the sport being ordered by the government.

 

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Not with the protests against the schemers' perceived greed and secrecy continuing.

 

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Not with Real Madrid supremo and ESL chairman Florentino Perez still insisting the plan is merely "on standby", rather than abandoned altogether, and that the clubs involved cannot escape from binding contracts.

 

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And not with the desire for real change that this remarkable episode has left as a legacy.

 

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The conditions that led us here remain.