“Sport is not a sport when success is guaranteed, and when the relation between the effort and reward don’t exist,” Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said of the proposed European Super League.
“It’s not a sport when it doesn’t matter if you lose. It's not fair if teams fight at the top and cannot qualify.
"I would love the [Super League] president of the committee to go out around the world and explain how we got this decision."
Guardiola has become the second manager of the 12 ESL founding clubs to reject the idea of the new breakaway competition after Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp on Monday.
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Atalanta defender Gosens on Super League: 'People are dying all over the world and 12 clubs are shoving €150m up their asses'
"People are still dying all over the world, and there's not enough money. These twelve clubs are founding their own league and getting 100 or 150 million shoved up their asses. The sad thing is at the end of the day: it's all about money, money, money," Atalanta defender Robin Gosens has told Kicker.
In fact, every of the breakaway European Super League 12 founding members, including Barcelona, is set to get €350m for just joining the new mid-week tournament.
The ESL first chairman Florentino Perez, meanwhile, continue to insist that the proposed Super League will help to 'save football' amidst the Covid-19 crisis.
'Champions League: EARN IT': Leeds United wear telling pre-match T-shirts ahead of facing ESL founders Liverpool
The announcement of the breakaway European Super League continues to outrage fans and football players across the world.
Liverpool, who are one of the 12 founding members of the ESL alongside Barcelona, failed to beat Leeds United on Monday (1-1) - the first match in Europe's top five leagues after the new mid-week tournament announcement over the weekend.
Prior to the game, Leeds wore "Champions League: EARN IT' pre-match T-shirts, reacting to the news. The T-shirts also had a "Football is for the fans" message on their backs.
Real Betis, meanwhile, were the first La Liga club to condemn the ESL creation by removing Barca, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid from the league table on their official website.
