London  — Chelsea are set to pull out of the breakaway European Super League in a major blow to the plans for a new competition to rival the Champions League, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

The BBC said they “understand that the club owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich are preparing documentation to request withdrawing from the European Super League”...

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