'Seriously unimpressed' Man Utd stars revolt against Big Six's bid to form European Super League

Mounting fury over plans by football's 'Big Six' to create a new European Super League grew even further last night, with Prince William warning the proposals could 'damage the game we love' and Boris Johnson vowing to show them 'the straight red card'. Source tells BBC that clubs will focus on 'fans of the future' abroad rather than 'legacy fans' in the UK; Investment bank JP Morgan has confirmed it will be financing the new European Super League, set to feature 12 of the continent's biggest football clubs, with £4.3billion in loans; Champions League BT rules itself out of buying TV rights while pundits on Sky Sports, home of the Premier League, vocal in their criticism as Amazon, Netflix and Disney+-owned Star mooted as possible buyers; Government considers recalling Covid loans and furlough payments from English clubs involved as well as withholding policing for Super League matches and even reforming ownership rules for clubs to give fans majority votes; Fifa, Uefa and the Premier League have already threatened the 12 clubs - including England's 'Big 6' - with expulsion from all major competitions and even promised to ban their top players from playing for their countries; The Super League struck the first blow this morning, revealing they have sent a letter to football's governing bodies and have 'filed a motion before the relevant courts' in England, Spain and Italy to ensure the competition can start in as early as August without the 'punitive measures' the dozen rebel clubs have been threatened with; Tottenham Hotspur, one of the clubs involved, sack their manager Jose Mourinho after just 18 months in charge; Porto president Pinto da Costa confirmed they rejected an invitation to join the European Super League while German giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund also not signed up; Megastar Bruno Fernandes today became the first player from the breakaway clubs to publicly speak out against the proposals, saying: 'Dreams can't be bought' Prince William, who is the current president of the FA, also gave his view, saying the proposals risked 'damaging the game we love'. Meanwhile, United players made are said to have made their feelings known to the club's executive vice chairman Ed Woodward as he delivered a briefing via Zoom to explain the club's position at their Carrington training base Leeds United players wear T-shirts with the slogan 'Football is for the fans' as the protest against a proposed new European Super League as they warm up for the English Premier League football match between Leeds United and Liverpool at Elland Road Manchester United chief holds emergency meeting with players over European Super League plans By Mike Keegan for SportsMail Ed Woodward held an emergency briefing with 'seriously unimpressed' Manchester United players at Carrington on Monday morning. Fans of Liverpool - known as England's 'people's club' vowing that people 'will never walk alone' - put up banners at Anfield against the proposals their owners have backed for a European Super League Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham are the six English clubs who have signed up to the deeply unpopular European Super League PM Boris Johnson has condemned six English premier league clubs who announced plans to join a European Super League and vowed to stop it Manchester United legend Gary Neville described the plans as an 'absolute disgrace'. Sir Alex Ferguson said the proposals would be a move away from '70 years of football history' Arsenal legend Ian Wright slammed the club's announcement as 'absolutely shameful' Ex-Arsenal players Bacary Sagna and Alan Smith also shared their distress at the proposals The mainly foreign billionaires vying to tear apart English football with their new European Super League proposal STAN KROENKE - ARSENAL The 73-year-old American billionaire is heavily involved in sport as owner of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment with Premier League side Arsenal among the biggest guns in his portfolio.