Ex-Tottenham striker Crouch labels European Super League idea a 'DISGRACE'

Former Tottenham forward Peter Crouch has labelled the creation of the European Super League a 'disgrace', showing 'no regard for the history of our competitions.'

Spurs are one of 12 clubs - alongside the other five teams in the Premier League 'Big Six', three Spanish clubs and three Italian teams - who have committed to the breakaway competition.

In a 24-hour period when manager Jose Mourinho has been sacked as manager, it is nothing short of turmoil in north London currently but ex-striker and Sportsmail columnist Crouch has had his decisive say on the formation of the much-maligned Super League.

'It’s a disgrace. For six clubs to want to press ahead with a move like this shows no regard for the history of our competitions and what, in turn, those competitions have helped those clubs achieve,' he said in his weekly Sportsmail column on Monday.

'What are the six clubs doing to others such as Everton, West Ham or Leicester, for instance, who have been trying their hardest to get into the Champions League this season?

'Why are the six looking to breakaway showing a total disregard to everything they have here?

'We have got the Premier League, a competition with more than enough money and exposure. We do not need a European Super League in the way Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and others do. Why are we looking to dilute everything to follow them? We do not need to be part of it.

'I fear, however, that executives just will not care. If Barcelona versus Liverpool is on TV of a Saturday evening, let’s be honest — people are going to tune in to watch it.'

Another former Tottenham forward, Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, believes it is a power play from Europe's biggest clubs in talks with UEFA.

'Sense this Super League plot will die on its preposterous and avaricious a***,' he tweeted.

In a series of more tweets, he said: 'Looking forward to the compromise with UEFA and the clubs....which, I sense, is what this is all been designed for. A power play.

'Football is nothing without its fans. We’ve seen that clearly over the last 12 months. If fans stand as one against this anti-football pyramid scheme, it can be stopped in its tracks.'