The former Liverpool and English striker was talking on TalkSport today and spoke excellent again on the wrongs in world football. John Barnes reckons there’s a select view making all the money and that it was UEFA, Sky, FIFA etc.. that managed to have the European Super League scrapped not the fans.
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💰 “There’s a power struggle between elite groups who control football.”
“It’s all about the exploitation of fans! It’s a question of who can exploit them.”
John Barnes reacts to #FSG’s apology & believes fans are constantly being exploited ‘by the same old faces.’ 👀 pic.twitter.com/0FMp0sKpns
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) April 21, 2021
⛔️ “[The fans] didn’t stop the Super League; Sky, UEFA & FIFA did it.”
🤦♂️ “We’re trying to convinced the fans, the masses, that they did it.”
💷 “Do you think ticket or shirt prices are going to come down? No.”
John Barnes says the fans were not the reason the ESL collapsed. pic.twitter.com/hq0w6EgE8O
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) April 21, 2021
There needs to be a salary cap and better regulations Barnes says in order to put some bit of control on these big Billionaire owners that are coming in and taking over the big English clubs.