EVERYONE in football gave themselves a massive pat on the back when the European Super League was torpedoed in spectacular fashion.
The 2021 project – which included the two Manchester clubs, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs – could have ruined the Premier League.
But once it was aborted, English football retained its status as the world’s most powerful football beast from a financial point of view.
Yet no one saw Saudi Arabia coming.
It is 20 years since Roman Abramovich changed football in this country by buying Chelsea with his Russian oil money.