Soccer Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - April 20, 2021 Chelsea fans celebrate outside Fulham Broadway Underground Station before the match after reports suggest they are set to pull out of the European Super League. It was announced twelve of Europe's top football clubs will launch a breakaway REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
(Reuters) - Players, pundits and fans cheered a "beautiful day for football" after the breakaway European Super League unravelled with the withdrawal of the six English clubs who had signed up to the controversial competition.
Following a storm of protests and threats of sanctions from the game's European and world governing bodies, the Super League said it would "reconsider" its next steps after it was reduced to three teams each from Spain and Italy on Tuesday.
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