The inside story of the Super League implosion
The Briefing27 Apr 2021

The inside story of the Super League implosion

Twelve of Europe’s top soccer clubs planned to shake up the sport. Instead, the project collapsed spectacularly in just 48 hours. How did the power brokers mis-read the market ….and fans?

Murad Ahmed is a reporter for the Financial Times in the UK. He’s been following this lead for years. He joins us as we learn what the big clubs’ motivation was.

One word. Money.

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