On the pitch, Manchester United beat Burnley on Sunday to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to eight points.

Mason Greenwood saw his thumping opener after the break quickly cancelled out when James Tarkowski rose above Harry Maguire to level. Greenwood put the hosts back in front six minutes from time with a fierce left-footed strike that deflected beyond goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell at the front post.

Edinson Cavani then tapped in from close range in stoppage time to wrap up the victory at Old Trafford.

It means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side are now eight points behind leaders City in second place with six games to play, while Burnley remain 17th and six points above the relegation zone.

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David Bernstein referred to Gary Neville's comments below, and here's how the former Manchester United captain reacted on Sky Sports.

"I'm a Manchester United fan and have been for 40 years," said Neville, who also co-owns League Two club Salford City. "It's an absolute disgrace, I'm absolutely disgusted.

"Honestly, we have to wrestle back the power in this country from the clubs at the top of this league and that includes my club."

The ex-England defender said the six English clubs involved should be docked points and fined.

"It's pure greed," Neville added. "They (the club's owners) are imposters. They're nothing to do with football in this country. There's 100-odd years of history in this country of fans who have lived and loved these clubs.

"We're in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis. Football clubs in the National League are going bust, furloughing players and these lot are having Zoom calls about breaking away.

"Dock them all points tomorrow. Put them at the bottom of the league and take the money off them. Seriously, you have to stamp on this."

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Sulaimon Adelekan: The European Super League is a fantastic idea for the teams involved and for the likes of Spurs and Arsenal its getting into an elite European competition through the backdoor. Sincerely, its totally disgusting for the club football.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Uefa are due to announce their plan for a revised Champions League later today.

It would feature 36 teams, no more group phase and wild-card entries for two high-ranking clubs.

There is supposed to be a media briefing afterwards.

A fascinating day ahead.

BBC Radio 4

Finally from David Bernstein, the former Football Association and Manchester City chairman told BBC Radio Four: "It's a lifeline that I think's only going to end, if it happens at all, very badly.

"Because a closed league, as they're proposing, without promotion and relegation, without recognition of the rest of the game, is potentially a dead league.

"It won't have the life of football as we understand it. I think the arrogance of these half a dozen English clubs is something to behold."

BBC Radio 4

Speaking on BBC Radio Four, former Football Association and Manchester City chairman David Bernstein added: "I think there are two things in play here: one is greed and the other is desperation.

"And it's because some of these clubs have incurred enormous debt. I believe certainly Barcelona and Real Madrid, and I think at least one of the English clubs, are approaching £1bn of debt.

"I think they're in a desperate situation. One of the things they haven't done during the pandemic is to impose some sort of wages control. They've got themselves into a bit of a predicament."

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David Bernstein was Manchester City chairman from 1998 to 2003, a period which saw them slip down to English football's third tier and back to the Premier League. Their takeover by Abu Dhabi-based owners in 2008 then propelled the club into the Champions League and title contention.

The European Super League proposals mean that no club can aspire to doing that ever again.

BBC Radio 4

Former Football Association and Manchester City chairman David Bernstein said he is "really ashamed" of the six Premier League clubs who have agreed to join a European Super League.

Speaking on BBC Radio Four, he said: "I'm ashamed. I've supported Manchester City all my life. It's a club I love. But I'm really ashamed, as I know Gary Neville has said he is about his old club Manchester United, and I think Jamie Carragher and Liverpool.

"I'm ashamed as clubs with that history should have great responsibility to the rest of the game."

JimmyT: Yesterday was truly one of football's darkest days. One could argue the years of insane Premier League money (paid for by football fans) was inevitably going to lead to this, but it's hard not to see this as a clear message: "we value profits over your sport".

Danny Murphy
MOTD2 pundit and former Liverpool midfielder

As a boy, I watched Liverpool winning the league title and European Cup and dreamed of doing the same myself.

When I became a Liverpool player, I wanted to win the things those teams had done, to show I was as good as they were.

That history, that tradition - all of those things that have grown since Liverpool Football Club formed in 1892 - would disappear if they joined this proposed breakaway European Super League and were banned from the Premier League.

Everything that makes Liverpool the institution it is would be lost. If they leave domestic competition for this, what happens to the decades-long rivalry with Manchester United over who has won the most titles?

Do the things that mattered when I put on that red shirt suddenly not matter any more? Where do they go?

Click here for more from Danny Murphy on a European Super League.

Danny Murphy and Dion Dublin discussed the news on Match of the Day 2 and made it perfectly clear how they feel about a new European Super League.

Turema21: Oil money, gambling, VAR, breakaway leagues. What happened to football as we used to know it??

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Uefa, the Premier League and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have condemned 12 major European clubs, including the 'big six' from England, signing up to a breakaway European Super League.

Uefa said it will use "all measures" possible to stop the "cynical project".

Senior figures at European football's governing body are furious about the proposals.

Johnson said the plans would be "very damaging for football" and that the UK government supports the sport's authorities "in taking action".

He added: "The clubs involved must answer to their fans and the wider footballing community before taking any further steps."

So now you know what the proposed European Super League is, who's involved and why they want it?

Now let's look at the reaction. Plenty of you have already let us know what you think. Please feel free to keep your comments coming...

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In this video originally published in February 2019, BBC Sport explores the issue of a potential European Super League.

Could it ever become a reality? Do Europe's top clubs want to form one? And would fans be in favour of it happening?

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The European Super League will have 20 teams - the 12 founding members plus the three unnamed clubs they expect to join soon and five sides who qualify annually according to their domestic achievements.

Under the proposals, the ESL campaign would start in August each year, with midweek fixtures, and the clubs would be split into two groups of 10, playing each other home and away.

The top three in each group would qualify for the quarter-finals, with the teams in fourth and fifth playing a two-legged play-off for the two remaining spots.

From then on, it would have the same two-leg knockout format used in the Champions League before a single-leg final in May at a neutral venue.

The ESL says it will generate more money than the Champions League and would result in a greater distribution of revenue throughout the game.

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Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new European Super League.

In a seismic move for European football, the Premier League clubs will join AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid.

The ESL said the founding clubs had agreed to establish a "new midweek competition" with teams continuing to "compete in their respective national leagues".

It says the inaugural season "is intended to commence as soon as practicable" and "anticipated that a further three clubs will join" the breakaway.

The ESL says it also plans to launch a women's competition as soon as possible after the men's tournament starts.

Firstly, let's start with some background...

There were talks in October, involving Wall Street bank JP Morgan, over a new £4.6bn competition that would replace the Champions League.

Uefa had hoped the plans for a new 36-team Champions League - with reforms set to be confirmed today - would head off the formation of a Super League. However, the 12 sides involved in the Super League do not think the reforms go far enough.

They said the global pandemic has "accelerated the instability in the existing European football economic model".

"In recent months, extensive dialogue has taken place with football stakeholders regarding the future format of European competitions," they added.

"The founding clubs believe the solutions proposed following these talks do not solve fundamental issues, including the need to provide higher-quality matches and additional financial resources for the overall football pyramid."

And welcome to today's live page, where we're not just looking back at Sunday's action as, ICYMI, kind of a big story also broke on Sunday.

Plans to form a European Super League were announced, with the Premier League's 'big six' clubs agreeing to join the breakaway league.

And the news has NOT gone down well.