England has the best League in the world. So what?

This is a joke Blatter and Platini never whinged when spanish teams were dominating the Champions League which was only a few years ago! Maybe if the Spanish FA dealt with racism accordingly and the Italian Serie A wasn't suffering from match fixing scandals then they would be as competiitive as English clubs. The English FA should be applauded for stamping out hooliganism and racism not punished.

With the creation of a super league we could be watching new global franchises. They can start to name the clubs Mc Donalds Gunners or Starbucks Red Devils. God help us all.

6 plus 5 will never happen - it's against EU employment legislation and just another one of Uncle Sepp's pipe-dreams (no prizes as to why a certain tv presenter is for it too either, given he sits on one of Sepps committees - one of his many self-serving agendas). Funny thing is, Blatter was never against the team full of foreign galacticos that made up Real Madrid a few years back - perhaps he feels the EPL presents too much of a threat cash-wise to his money-making schemes at FIFA? The EPL has no responsibility for the health or otherwise of the English national team - and if young English players are being denied first-team spots, they could do exactly what young players of many different nationalities do - ie pack their bags and go play somewhere else. The whole thing is a nonsense.

Millster Agree with super league. The whole creation of it seems anti-sport. It's like having power clubs playing in the most lucrative league due to status, money and power but without showing it on the field. THe UEFA champions league, the clubs need to finish top 4 of the EPL/La liga/serie A to qualify to that competition therefore the clubs despite all the money and status they have, still have to show it on the field to enter the competition. Having a club having a permanent spot in the super league by default seems anti-competitive and hence anti-sport. It will wreck the game IMO.

Millster, I am happy to claim to be one of "these people". Two points 1 - If 6 + 5 does come in, then maybe we would pull our collective finger out and restructure and retrain the nation instead of relying on foreign clubs to do it for us. 2 - If there is going to be a Euro Super league, then the whole continent would have to compete in some way. That would probably mean 8-10 leagues with promotion and relegation, teams not in the super league would make up the national leagues. The heart of football still would be lost with this system, or a league containing just the current top teams.

Spot on jaymz - these people have to be careful what they wish for. 1. EPL (and other Euro leagues) being open to foreign players in large numbers can only be good for Australian football player's development prospects 2. Formalisation of the super clubs into a league (thereby taking away altogether the admittedly slim chance that other clubs have to rise to this level) destroys the absolute soul of football which is the heirarchical linkage between the park side and the top of the world through promotion, relegation, continental league qualification etc. To me at least this open inter-linked structure is one of the absolutely core sources of my passion for the game and of my assessment that it is fundamentally better than many other codes structurally.

Brian, Would Valencia, Sevilla and St. Petersburg cut it? Dave, Hertha Berlin, Dortmund, Pana, Red Star, Anderlecht, Spartak Moscow, Feyenoord, Basel, Hamburg and Copenhagen? Really? Isn't Dortmund in financial turmoil?

Sam, Ajax were close whilst Benfica were exluded on commercial viability grounds (couldn't have 2 teams from Portugal). It will take years but the super league will happen, only however when Tottenham, Newcastle, Fiorentina, Marseille etc. supporters stop spending money on teams that cannot win any meaningful trophies. Back to more realistic topics the 6+5 rule would hurt certain national teams because players would find it even harder to get European contracts. Of course it would be no different to what existed in the pre-Bosman era.

No one realises the 6+5 rule is really bad for Australia and alot of nations for that matter, we rely on europe to develop our players (as do alot of the African Nations). If the 6 +5 rule is implemented then there will be alot less Aussies heading over due to the clubs restrictions, which means less development of our players. The Euro Super league is a stupid idea because 1st it will kill domestic comps, 2nd champs league will die which is part of the reason players want to play in europe.

The Euro Champs League is the defacto European league. No need for full European league as it would destroy all the domestic leagues however...for the fun of it my 32 team Euro League (same no. as NFL); Man Utd, Liverpool, Milan, Roma, Inter, Marseille, Lyon, PSG, Rangers, Celtic, Ajax, Porto, Benfica, Bayern M, Hertha Berlin, Dortmund, Real M, Barca, Valencia, Panathanaikos, Galatasaray, Red Star Belgrade, Anderlecht, Spartak Moscow, Arsenal, Chelsea, Feyenoord, Basel, Juve, Hamburg, Juve, Kopenhagen...need to spread the league to all corners of Europe.

Brian Where is Ajax? One of the great European clubs. Benifica?

Surely the time for a European League has arrived. Take the top teams in Europe and make the league the football equivalent of the NBA. Just for fun my 16: Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Roma, Inter, Mila, Juve, Real, Barca, Valencia, Sevilla, Porto, Lyon, Munich, St Petersburg.

I think the big teams in La Liga and Serie A have no less quality then their English counterparts, but the English style of play is just at a higher level right now, which is why they are dominating the UCL. Arsenal, Chelsea, Man U and Liverpool simply play a much faster and up-tempo style that the teams in Italy and Spain can't match.

Someone has been reading Les' latest TWG blog...my solution is ban Man Utd for life to even things up for those poor Euro leagues like La Liga and Serie A who no longer cut it with EPL clubs.