The
officials at the six clubs who plotted the European Super League breakaway
should be removed from their jobs, according to the other Premier League
clubs.
The 14 teams not involved are calling on the owners of Arsenal, Chelsea,
Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham to "do the right
thing" because they will never be able to trust or deal with their
executives again.
Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has already resigned
and the other clubs want more heads to roll because lines have not just been
crossed, "but trampled all over".
"We had been told repeatedly that they weren't setting up a Super League so
after what's happened this week, we simply can't deal with these people
again," one chief executive told Sky Sports News.
"The owners of these six clubs need to find new people to represent them at
Premier League meetings. They have to be replaced. Some of these people have
more faces than the town clock.
"We all disagree (on things) and we all look after our own interests but
there are certain lines which can't be crossed and so many lines have been
trampled all over this week."
The executives responsible from the six clubs have spent this week calling
their counterparts at the other 14 to apologise for their actions - but that
has done little to help so far.
The Premier League are expected to take action against them after they have
finished investigating the events that led to the aborted plans, which have
shaken the football world to its core.
"It would have ruined the other 14 clubs if this had gone ahead, we would
have been destroyed," another chief executive told Sky Sports News.
"We have absolutely no problem with their fans, players, managers and staff,
but we have a big, big problem with their owners and CEOs.
"We thought they would have learned their lesson after 'Project Big Picture'
but they're clearly so arrogant that they've continued to say one thing and
do another."
A third chief executive said: "Ideally we want the owners to sell up but we
know that's not going to happen. What they can do though is replace these
people and bring in some fresh faces.
"We feel like we've been deceived and what they've done goes against
everything we stand for. If they ever come to one of our meetings again, we
will stonewall them. We will blank them."
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