Matt Slater

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2,689 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3d ago

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If... the Super League had happened? · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

It kills things like voice-verified

the EFL Cup because these guys are going to be playing midweek. voice-verified

Well it certainly destroys the value of of the EFL Cup because so much of the value of of that, the carabael, is is that voice-verified

the big teams are in it and they might make the final and that and it's one of the the the EFL's biggest cash cows. voice-verified

So I I guess that's kind of a small order. voice-verified

That's probably down the pecking order. voice-verified

But it it would it would have definitely killed the Champions League, which is hence UEFA's, you know, absolute fury about it. voice-verified

So what would it have done to the Premier League? voice-verified

Well, this is where I think the Premier League, the other fourteen got so angry. voice-verified

So much of the Premier League story, you know, kind of season long narrative, is around the race for Europe. voice-verified

If you are taking away the race for Europe, because the bit the top six uh are in are in the European Super League, you you have stripped away some of a a big chunk of the storylines. voice-verified

So I'm thinking about the impacts on Sky, the impacts on CNC, or you know, whoever's got the contract now. voice-verified

There would have been all kinds of voice-verified

rebates and legal cases, there would have been, I think voice-verified

Um voice-verified

massive like bitterness and antagonism from the teams that are left behind. voice-verified

Because I've already mentioned earlier on voice-verified

This was going to be, if it happened, very lucrative. voice-verified

So you are adding, let's say, they were talking about four hundred million dollars, as well as that great big bung for for for joining, which was three hundred three hundred and fifty million dollars. voice-verified

You you know, huge, huge advantages, cash advantages to the teams that were already enjoying massive advantages because they have the most commercial sponsors, they have big, you know, big ground voice-verified

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