Pat Nevin's comment below was in response to concern over how being involved with any European Super League could affect the players.

World governing body Fifa had previously said it would not recognise such a competition, and any players involved could be denied the chance to play at a World Cup.

Uefa, Europe's governing body, reiterated that warning on Sunday when it said players involved would be banned from all other competitions at domestic, European or world level and could be prevented from representing their national teams.

After the ESL was announced, Fifa expressed its "disapproval" of the proposed competition and called on "all parties involved in heated discussions to engage in calm, constructive and balanced dialogue for the good of the game".

The ESL has sent a letter to Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Uefa boss Aleksander Ceferin issuing notice of legal proceedings in European courts designed to block any sanctions the two governing bodies may try enforce over the formation of the ESL.

In a statement, the ESL said: "Going forward, the founding clubs look forward to holding discussions with Uefa and Fifa to work together in partnership to deliver the best outcomes for the new league and for football as a whole."

Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Breakfast

Everybody wants to play for their international teams, but what do clubs pay and what do international teams pay?

In the 1980s, Serie A had all the money, so where did all the best players play? Serie A.

Most of the money is now in the Premier League, which is where most of the best players are. If this goes ahead, eventually, footballers will follow the money.

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Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Breakfast

We have been expecting this for some time. Back in October, Josep Maria Bartomeu [former Barcelona president] was talking about this when he left Barca. I think it was obvious then that the big clubs had been talking about it.

It would be massive and it would make a huge change to world football, and certainly, European football would be changed forever.

It is making sure all the power and the money goes to a small number of clubs. That is how the Premier League started as well, they had to maximise the money coming in from television deals.

What you don’t want to to do, is make sure the rest of the game disappears, which it could with a proposal like this.

We do not know all of the details of the proposal yet, and I’m convinced the clubs would like to run in conjunction with domestic football. But I don’t think we really like it yet, do we?

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Let's have a look at some of today's papers now, beginning with the Mirror, who have gone big, saying the European Super League proposal is a "criminal act against fans".

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Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Breakfast

The game does move on.

If you look at American football, they have a franchise system with very few clubs and very low risk, and I always thought there would be some people interested in that model.

As a business idea, I understand it, but I don’t particularly like it. It would make the rest of us feel like second-class citizens. There is no doubt it is worrying times but we have to wait until the proposals get out.

I think there is a lot of talking to be done.

I would have been shocked if they [Chelsea] had not signed up. From a business point of view, if they are not in that list and it goes ahead, they will be left behind.

I understand why the very biggest clubs are standing on the train at the moment not knowing if it's going to leave the platform or not.

Steve Ball: I don't think any of these 'owners' can be blamed for wanting to try & get more revenue from an asset, which is actually a business. The problem lies with authorities allowing the continued commercialism of sport.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says his side have "the chance to create history" after reaching their first FA Cup final since 1969 at the expense of Southampton at Wembley.

Kelechi Iheanacho's second-half goal proved decisive for the Foxes, whose last major final of any description came in 2000, when they lifted the League Cup.

"That is what this game is about, creating a memory," said Rodgers, who is yet to win major silverware in English football, but won seven trophies in less than three years as manager of Celtic.

"I have been made aware since I've been at Leicester how important this cup is for the supporters.

"We have the chance to create history. When we arrived here, that was the ambition. From a football perspective we wanted to be able to compete and we have been able to do that. Now we have a trophy to genuinely go for."

Leicester will now face Chelsea in the final on 15 May, their first appearance in the showpiece since they lost 1-0 against Manchester City 52 years ago.

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Leicester, incidentally, beat Southampton on Sunday to reach their first FA Cup final since 1969.

However, it's fair to say that achievement was overshadowed somewhat by the day's other news.

Fan groups associated with all six English clubs involved in the European Super League proposal are strongly opposed.

Liverpool supporters' group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) said it was "appalled" by the decision of Fenway Sports Group, the club's US-based owner. In a social media post, SOS said: "FSG have ignored fans in their relentless and greedy pursuit of money. Football is ours, not theirs. Our football club is ours not theirs."

Chelsea Supporters' Trust called the move "unforgivable" and said its members and "football supporters across the world have experienced the ultimate betrayal".

The Arsenal Supporters' Trust called the club's agreement to join "the death of Arsenal as a sporting institution", while Manchester City's Official Supporters Club said the move showed "those involved have zero regard for the game's traditions", adding it was "determined to fight against this proposed Super League".

The Manchester United Supporters' Trust had earlier said the proposals were "completely unacceptable" and the ESL "goes against everything football, and Manchester United, should stand for".

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust said the ESL was a "concept driven by avarice and self-interest at the expense of the intrinsic values of the game we hold so dear".

Andy Clark: Oh, well, as a Leicester City fan (West Ham fans too), I can stop worrying about finishing in the top four, safe in the knowledge that Arsenal can finish 8th and qualify ahead of us. I would love an Arsenal (or Spurs) fan to explain how this is fair.

I'm not sure any would dare try, Andy. The opinion of each of the English clubs' supporters groups is pretty unanimous. Check out the entry above.

Simon Stone mentioned earlier how the 12 clubs involved in the European Super League plans now face a public relations battle. Here's what some of them have said so far...

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, the first chairman of the ESL, said the new competition would "help football at every level".

"Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires," he added.

Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said the 12 clubs had "come together at this critical moment, enabling European competition to be transformed, putting the game we love on a sustainable footing for the long-term future".

Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer will be a vice-chairman of the Super League.

He said: "By bringing together the world's greatest clubs and players to play each other throughout the season, the Super League will open a new chapter for European football, ensuring world-class competition and facilities, and increased financial support for the wider football pyramid."

You may recall that Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli was chairman of the aforementioned European Club Association.

Well, not anymore. Given that Juve are one of the 12 breakaway clubs, the Italian has resigned from his ECA role and from the Uefa executive committee.

It is understood all 12 clubs have resigned from the ECA and their respective representatives from the ECA board.

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano have also stood down from their roles at Uefa.

Seems Countdown star Susie Dent is across today's football news...

Paris St-Germain were a notable absentee from the 12 clubs who have agreed to form a European Super League, so too Bayern Munich - the side which beat PSG in last season's Champions League final and who PSG knocked out of this season's competition last week to reach the semi-finals.

Both clubs had representatives at an emergency meeting held on Sunday by the European Clubs' Association (ECA), chaired by Ajax chief executive Edwin van der Sar. BBC Sport understands none of the clubs mentioned in the Super League reports responded to a request to attend the meeting.

In a statement the ECA said it would be "strongly opposed" to a "closed super league model".

It has pushed plans for a 36-team Champions League, which Uefa had hoped would head off the formation of a Super League. The Champions League reforms are set to be confirmed on Monday.

BBC Sport was told last week of plans for some sort of confirmation about a European Super League.

Uefa released a joint statement, together with England's Football Association, the Premier League, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), La Liga, and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) as well as Serie A, on Sunday.

They said they will "remain united" in trying to stop the breakaway, using both judicial and sporting measures if required.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport

If there was any lingering doubt over the desire of these 12 clubs to launch their own competition, it has been removed by their statement - reinforced by each of them through their own media platforms.

So many questions remain unanswered.

Chiefly, can they actually get their plan over the line given the strong resistance from Uefa and the leagues and associations of the countries concerned?

But beyond that, who will the other three clubs be to make up the 15 founding members? Will Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain eventually join up? And how will the other five clubs be decided?

These discussions will be fascinating. But right now, the clubs who have signed up to the European Super League have a public relations battle to turn around perceptions - because initial reaction has been overwhelmingly negative.

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Shares in French club Lyon slipped on Monday after 12 of Europe's top clubs agreed to join a European Super League, marking what could be a bitter battle for control of the game and its lucrative revenue.

Lyon's shares were down 0.4% in early session trading, with no French club among those aiming to be founding members of the breakaway league.

Julien Laurens
French football expert on BBC Breakfast

This is the biggest poker game football has ever seen. The clubs for a long time now have been saying ‘hey – we can go on our own and do own Super League where we get more money and control’, a bit like what we see in American sports and the IPL (cricket's Indian Premier League). It belongs to the clubs.

They want to do the same with European competition. They’ve tried to negotiate with Uefa on a new format where they get more importance, control and money. It’s a lot down to money but they’ve never really had that agreement with Uefa. It’s to say to Uefa, 'you better listen to us or you’ll be in big trouble'. For Uefa, it would be a disaster if those big 12 clubs tried to do their own thing.

Football has been a business for a long time. All the owners are big businessmen. You can see with their business mindset where they want to go. There’s a long way between that and this Super League being started properly. They seem determined to have that big power play with Uefa.

As for Arsenal, Eddie Nketiah scored a controversial stoppage-time equaliser to deliver a major blow to Fulham. The Gunners' defender Rob Holding stood in an offside position to the side of Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola but was deemed not to be interfering with play as Nketiah scored.

The visitors led through Josh Maja's second-half penalty and looked on course to gain a valuable three points in their battle against relegation.

The result leaves Fulham six points from safety but they have played one game more than Burnley - the side directly above them - and two more games than Brighton in 16th.

On-loan Bordeaux forward Maja opened the scoring with Fulham's only effort on target after Mario Lemina was fouled by Arsenal's Brazilian defender Gabriel.

However, in a game of few clear-cut chances Arsenal, who remain ninth, merited their point. Mikel Arteta's side had Ceballos' first-half goal disallowed after Bukayo Saka had strayed fractionally offside, while Gabriel Martinelli also found the back of the visitors' net after the whistle had gone for offside against Emile Smith Rowe.

Substitute Nicolas Pepe and Saka also both went close to levelling the score before Nketiah's late intervention.

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