'The way it has been handled has been abysmal'published at 22:14 British Summer Time 20 April 2021
Stephen Warnock
Ex-Aston Villa and Liverpool defender talking to BBC Sport
It just shows you, people will go against the clubs, turn against them. The owners have to be very very careful now. Expect a backlash when they come back to grounds - rightly so, because you've gone against them. You've thought that they wanted to go a certain way without consulting them. It's been abysmal the way it was handled. You’re seeing the power of the fans. Don't forget football players are fans. They know what it feels like to be a fan and understand the connection between the players, fans, the club so im abs delighted tonight that it’s finally fallen down and it’s started to unravel.
The owners need to come out and do the right thing now and say we got this competition wrong. We apologise. We’re begging you for our forgiveness because that’s what they’ll have to do. It won't surprise me if certain clubs went up for sale now because of the pressure they'll come under. Some clubs, with US owners, they won't turn up to games for a very long time. They can shut off from this as much as they want. Across the atlantic, it's not a big issue for them. But the day you turn back up at Anfield or Man Utd or Arsenal, get ready for it because it’s coming and they have every right to give you down the barrels, the fans.