Won’t someone in football think seriously about fans – just for once?

The European Super League appears to mark a point of no return for the world’s favourite sport, writes Ben Burrows

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez will head up the new league (Getty Images)

A moment that has long been coming that sparked a new dawn for the game.

But enough about Jose Mourinho getting the sack at Tottenham, there's a European Super League on the horizon.

It is not too often that the eyes of the news world revolve around sport. Sure, during a World Cup or an Olympic Games casual viewers become avid fans for a few weeks every few years, but you don't expect the news cycle to be dictated entirely by football too regularly.