Terrace Talk Tottenham: 'The time has come to cast out the imposters'

Football would never have developed such appeal if it had been set up on the principles these gangsters want.

Jose Mourinho leaves Tottenham Hotspurs Training Ground, Enfield.

A line has been crossed. With the announcement of plans for a self-styled cabal of “leading clubs” to create a European Greed League, things have changed forever. Because the unelected, unaccountable billionaires that run these clubs have proved they are unfit to be in charge of the great sporting institutions they purport to lead.

The thing that makes sport so attractive is the idea of jeopardy – the fact that you don’t know who is going to win until the game is played. Combine that with the unique way clubs in this set of islands are deeply rooted in community and history, and with the strong feelings of identity all this creates, and you have a remarkable business. The trouble is that the dullards currently running the bigger clubs don’t understand the value of what they have. And they are doing their best to kill the goose that laid the golden egg.