Who Would Feature in Europe's Super League?

They've been talking about it for years but of course all of it has been really what is, talk.

Unlike rugby, football is run by some really traditional power brokers, unwilling to change the status quo, those who hold firm to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

And of course football as it is isn't really broke to be honest and a European Super League could ultimately be the worst thing for football, destroying the element of parity that the sport prides itself on.

But what if there was a Europe Super League, a Super rugby version of European football? What would it look like?

It would look like this - a 16 team competition, no relegation or promotion, and the big clubs would bid for places in the league every two seasons. The league can elect to decide which clubs should remain in the competition and which clubs should be replaced.

So in the first season, based on performances of the last 5 years..

Manchester United
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Juventus
AC Milan
Internazionale
AS Roma
Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Marseille
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Benfica
FC Porto

Other bidders:
Zenit St Petersburg - rejected due to fact Russian League is summer league and distance between St Petersburg and other teams

Glasgow Rangers - facing bankruptcy

Glasgow Celtic - Scottish football too weak

Ajax Amsterdam - Dutch football too weak

Liverpool - performances at home haven't been good enough. Club not at its best form.

Arsenal - see Liverpool.