Manchester United are understood to have distanced themselves from proposals for a European Super League after FIFA and UEFA's strong stance last week against the plan effectively made it unsustainable.
And a source close to the Premier League also described the Super League blueprint, for a 15-team closed-shop league with only five qualifying spots, as 'deeply damaging to the fabric of the game.'
The plan, which emerged last week and promised a £310 million joining fee plus the chance to earn £213m a season from the league, is driven by Real Madrid, Juventus and the former Barcelona president Josep-Maria Bartomeu and would have led to United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham being invited to join.