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David Bernstein "ashamed" of Manchester City over Super League involvement

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Former Manchester City and FA chief executive David Bernstein says that he is "ashamed" of Man City over their involvement with the European Super League.
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Former Manchester City and FA chief David Bernstein has admitted that he is "ashamed" of Man City after they agreed to the proposal of the European Super League.

The Premier League leaders have agreed to the breakaway league along with five other English clubs, three Spanish and three Italian giants, despite disapproval from the Premier League, the FA and UEFA.

Supporters Trusts of each of the English clubs involved have produced statements revealing they also condemn the proposal of the Super League and Bernstein is no different.

Speaking to BBC Sport, the former chief executive said: "I'm ashamed. I've supported Manchester City all my life. It's a club I love. But I'm really ashamed, as I know Gary Neville has said he is about his old club Manchester United, and I think Jamie Carragher and Liverpool.

"I'm ashamed as clubs with that history should have great responsibility to the rest of the game. It's a lifeline that I think's only going to end, if it happens at all, very badly.

"Because a closed league, as they're proposing, without promotion and relegation, without recognition of the rest of the game, is potentially a dead league. It won't have the life of football as we understand it. I think the arrogance of these half a dozen English clubs is something to behold."

Beinstein gave his reasoning as to why he thinks the clubs have agreed to the Super League proposal, with financial factors at the heart of it.

"I think there are two things in play here: one is greed and the other is desperation. And it's because some of these clubs have incurred enormous debt. I believe certainly Barcelona and Real Madrid, and I think at least one of the English clubs, are approaching £1bn of debt," he added.

"I think they're in a desperate situation. One of the things they haven't done during the pandemic is to impose some sort of wages control. They've got themselves into a bit of a predicament."

The 12 clubs involved so far are Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus. body check tags ::

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1Liverpool119112161528
2Manchester CityMan City127232217523
3Chelsea126422314922
4Arsenal126422112922
5Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton126422116522
6Tottenham HotspurSpurs1261527131419
7Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest125431513219
8Aston Villa125431919019
9Newcastle UnitedNewcastle115331311218
10Fulham125341717018
11Brentford125252222017
12Manchester UnitedMan Utd114341212015
13Bournemouth124351617-115
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham113351319-612
15Everton122551017-711
16Leicester CityLeicester122461523-810
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves122372028-89
18Crystal Palace121561017-78
19Ipswich TownIpswich111551222-108
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