{"id":21028,"date":"2021-04-20T19:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T23:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T14:22:00","slug":"all-six-premier-league-teams-announce-withdrawal-from-esl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21028","title":{"rendered":"All Six Premier League Teams Announce Withdrawal From ESL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.59302175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.59302175.jpg 498w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.59302175-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/>English football\u2019s so-called \u2018big six\u2019 have confirmed their intention to pull out of the proposed European Super League.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City became the first team to quit the controversial project on Tuesday evening and were later followed by Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The PA news agency reports that Chelsea have also begun proceedings to withdraw from the breakaway competition.<\/p>\n<p>It capped a remarkable evening of developments in the saga which also saw United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward resign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-21028\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21028&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-21028\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21028&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-21028\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21028&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21028\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English football\u2019s so-called \u2018big six\u2019 have confirmed their intention to pull out of the proposed European Super League. 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