FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden walks outside Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, April 14, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will do everything possible to block a new European soccer Super League and is examining options to penalise the six English teams that have signed up, sports minister Oliver Dowden said on Monday.
Dowden said he had met with the Premier League, the Football Association (FA) and the president of UEFA, to discuss the plans that involve Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
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