Professor Wenger has seen the future, and it is pan European

Arsene Wenger adorns the back page of most national newspapers this morning, thanks to his belief in the imminence of a European Super League. The huge-brained Frenchman says:

“I see more a European league developing over time rather than one team going out of the country. The national leagues will survive but maybe in 10 years, you will have a European league.

“I’m not sure 100% that I’m right but I feel inside our game there are some voices behind the scenes coming up to do something about that, especially if the rules become too restrictive for these clubs.”

Rather than adopting an (evil) franchise model - whereby Europe’s top teams would break away and start their own league - Wenger seems to suggest that there could be a system where ”teams would have to play in both the European league in midweek and the national league at the weekend.” That may sound an awful lot like the current system, but Wenger also says that each of the big boys would actually have two teams - perhaps Arsenal A would play in Europe and Arsenal B would play.

A part of The Spoiler - the part that is terrified of change - would not like to see a European Super League, but like Monsieur Wenger, we accept it’s inevitability. But do you think it is a good idea? Or do we already have a pretty decent method of annually discovering the best team in Europe? Let us know below…

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