22:24 PDT 19/04/2021
by
Abid Rahman
The presenter of ‘The Late Late Show’ described the controversial scheme that would improve the global game as ‘disgusting’.
James Corden made an angry and passionate plea on Monday against plans for a European Super League football The late late show, repeatedly described the controversial scheme as ‘disgusting’, saying he was ‘sad’.
The British-born host, a lifelong West Ham United fan, took the time to talk about the topic that plagues the football world, despite acknowledging that his American audience probably does not ‘care’.
Over the weekend, 12 of Europe’s most famous football clubs, including Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, unveiled plans to set up a $ 1 billion breakaway super league. The closed competition is expected to disrupt the traditional pyramid scheme on European football disruptions and has reacted furiously on the continent, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emanuel Macron.
‘The truth is that this whole thing, making this move, killing these teams, these owners, they will kill hundreds of other football teams that are competing with them and have competed with them many times over the years, without breaking the fanbase of those teams to disregard. and to ignore the fans of their own teams who were also crushed, ‘Corden said.
“I’m sad about it, really sad about it. I’m sad because the owners of these teams display the worst kind of greed I’ve ever seen in sports,” he added.
Corden then explained the importance of soccer teams in the UK and how they differ fundamentally from American sports franchises. He said British football teams were always founded by working class more than a hundred years ago and have deep intrinsic ties with their local communities.
Looking for a Hollywood analogy to explain the Super League plans, Corden said the competition without merit is similar to the A-list actresses Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Saoirse Ronan and Viola Davis who are always nominated for Best Actress Academy Award every year, regardless of the quality of their performances.
Corden seems to be close to tears: ‘It’s hard to express how much these communities rely on football, not just financially, but it’s significant, but football is a focal point of a city’s hopes and dreams, it’s what you know. ?
“And these dreams, they are just shattered, not just in Britain, all over Europe. And the reason these dreams were shattered and thrown away is that a group of billionaires can buy themselves a bigger boat or a second boat. “
He added: “Football is a working class match where anyone can beat someone on their day, and that’s what makes it incredible, that’s the global power it is today.”
Corden admitted that he believes a Super League is inevitable because of the financial rewards and the greed of the team owners: “Never forget that it was them, those owners. They took something so pure and so beautiful and they beat the love and the joy out of it and they did it for money. They did it just for money. And it’s disgusting. “
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