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I doubt it. Hell, noone says Pele & Maradona played against farmers and didn't do it in the European Cup.

Full UK Govt statement in House of Commons about the proposed Super League https://streamable.com/wvbfog

PSG will almost certainly join ESL after beIN Sports' rights to broadcast UCL expires in 2024

[Nizaar Kinsella] UEFA presdient Ceferin leaves the door open for clubs to return to their comps: "They are not banned from European football forever but the way they acted was wrong, even without a big IQ, people know it." Adds: 'the threat of the Super League, is a strange way of negotiating.'...

[Financial Times] Super League clubs net €200m-€300m ‘welcome bonus’ provided by JPMorgan underwriting a €3.25bn ‘infrastructure grant’ that will be shared among the clubs. A source though said the payment is an advance on future revenues & would have to be repaid if any club chose to leave the...

UEFA announces new format for club competitions to be introduced as of 2024/25 season...

[Simon Evans] JP Morgan have confirmed to Reuters that they are financing the breakaway Super League. https://twitter.com/sgevans/status/1384049710361583619

Bayern can't join ESL if the majority holders (Bayern fans) don't want to because of 50+1 rule. PSG won't join ESL in the near future as well. PSG is owned by the same owners who own Bein Sports who have the Champions League TV rights until 2024. So there is absolutely no reason financially for...

I don't blame Laporta for taking Barca to ESL given to our financial issues.

Joan Laporta on the European Super League a few months ago: "The Super League would break the football business." "It's a question only of money." "Thinking about earning so much money means you break the essence of this beautiful sport."...

[Swiss Ramble] - Here's a clue as to why 12 clubs have signed up for a European Super League: They lost a combined 1.2 billion pound in 2019/20 before player sales*. And that was for a season where only the last 3 months were impacted by COVID... *Liverpool have not yet published their accounts...

BT Sport become the first UK broadcaster to issue a statement condemning the plans for a European Super League https://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/1384043636652871686 Condemnation from BT Sport given to their financial interest in Champions League & Premier League is worthless. They'll...

BBC Sport polling from November 2020 showed highest level of support for Super League among younger fans https://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/1384043636652871686

[Bryan Swanson] NEW: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has said players from the 12 proposed breakaway clubs should be banned from all UEFA competitions as soon as possible. Euro 2020? "We're still assessing situation with our legal team."...

[Financial Times] The Super League’s organisers have held early discussions with broadcasters about the competition seeking to secure deals with likes of Amazon, Facebook, Disney and Comcast-owned Sky that would raise annual revenues worth €4bn a year, roughly double the amount earned by CL...

[Fabrizio Romano] UEFA’s Alexander Ceferin confirms: “The players that will play in the Super League will be banned from playing in the World Cup and Euros. Ceferin. They will not be allowed play for their national teams” https://mobile.twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1384126392623714310?s=21

[Chris Williams] There is absolutely no press release from UEFA saying the #UCL or #UEL have been suspended, nor is there anything on the BBC Sport website. (Disputing rumors of such a report from the BBC) https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/1383927737333678085?s=19

Apparently, clubs get €400m for playing in ESL. That’s a fucking big amount. Barca fans should be extremely happy that we gain massive amount of money. It gives us better opportunity to continue pay Messi's wages and sign Mbappe or Haaland.

It's ironic given how Sky were arguably the biggest reason why a breakaway league like EPL was created in the 1990s lol