John Terry has become the latest sports figure to question Chelsea's Super League announcement. The Blues are one of 11 founding members of a new breakaway competition that could begin as early as next season. A statement on Chelsea's official website read: "Chelsea FC has today joined eleven of Europe’s leading clubs in forming a new mid-week competition, the European Super League. A joint statement released by all twelve founding clubs is below. Further information will be provided in due course. "We look forward to working with all key stakeholders, particularly our supporters, as this competition develops. The new annual tournament will provide significantly greater economic growth and support for European football via a long-term commitment to uncapped solidarity payments which will grow in line with league revenues. "These solidarity payments will be substantially higher than those generated by the current European competition and are expected to be in excess of €10 billion during the course of the initial commitment period of the Clubs. "In addition, the competition will be built on a sustainable financial foundation with all Founding Clubs signing up to a spending framework. In exchange for their commitment, Founding Clubs will receive an amount of €3.5 billion solely to support their infrastructure investment plans and to offset the impact of the COVID pandemic." Terry has been left to question what is happening to the game he loves. Taking to social media, the Blues legend issued a seven-word reaction. "What has happened to our beautiful game?" he asked on Instagram. Chelsea and five other Premier League clubs have joined Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus to form the new mid-week competition, which will see those involved break away from the UEFA Champions League.
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