Re Dublin and Luxembourg etc, imo this could just be the usual marketing flim-flam to show what a jolly nice, inclusive bunch they really are etc. So that if/when the ESL were ever to get off the ground, it would conveniently get forgotten.
I mean, why would other big clubs allow extra ESL places to newly made-up clubs etc, when they themselves would risk losing their own place in the event of relegation?
Alternatively, if it's just a case of staging some games in cities which don't have an ESL member of their own, why would fans of Juve or Barca stand idly by while "home" games were played elsewhere? (When the English PL suggested playing "Game 39" abroad, opposition soon put a stop to it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_39).
And why would the ESL pay rent to the AVIVA, thereby reducing their own revenue? While the biggest stadium in Luxembourg is the new 10k National Stadium.
Alternatively I can only think that it might be a (pretty desperate) attempt to gain some sort of support from the FAI or Luxembourg FA in the ESL's battle with UEFA?
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