LONDON: The Super League collapsed before a ball was kicked in the European breakaway competition after being abandoned by the six English clubs, leaving the Spanish and Italian participants stranded.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham throughout on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) deserted the proposal to launch a largely-closed midweek competition amid an escalating backlash from their supporters and warnings from the British government legislation could be introduced to thwart it.
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