Manchester City was the first club to formally pull out after Chelsea had signaled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw.
The other four sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham – have all now followed suit.
The 12-team Super League was announced on Sunday to widespread condemnation.
Premier League table-toppers City confirmed they have ‘formally enacted the procedures to withdraw’ from the Super League.
Liverpool said their involvement in the proposed breakaway league “has been discontinued”.
United said they had ‘listened carefully to the reaction from our fans, the UK government and other key stakeholders” in making their decision to not take part.
Arsenal apologized in an open letter to their fans and said they had “made a mistake”, adding they were withdrawing after listening to them and the “wider football community”.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said the club regretted the ‘anxiety and upset‘ caused by the proposal.
English football’s ‘big six’ were part of a group, also containing Spain’s Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, and Real Madrid and Italy’s AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, that announced plans to form the breakaway league, which they hoped to establish as a new midweek competition.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
