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Six of England's richest teams agreed to join the
ESL, including Manchester United and Liverpool. Top
from Spain, like Barcelona, and Italy
signed up. No teams from Germany and France joined. This made it
European. In Germany, teams are 51-per-cent owned by fans, so fan
is big. The UK government said it would take whatever action is
, including legal
, to stop the ESL. Premier League clubs want to expel the
English clubs from their
. FIFA said
who played in the ESL could be banned from the World Cup.