NEARLY 80 percent of British soccer fans who took part in a YouGov poll on the controversial European Super League (SL) have confirmed they are against its creation.

Plans for the controversial breakaway competition including Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham were announced Sunday night, and brought about widespread condemnation from around the globe.

And in a poll conducted by international research and data analytics group YouGov, an overwhelming number of soccer fans are too unsurprisingly against the Super League become a reality after conducting a survey involving 1,730 supporters Monday afternoon.

The survey revealed 79 percent of football fans surveyed (1,367 supporters) oppose the creation of the European Super League, including 68 percent — or two thirds — who strongly oppose it.

Some 51 percent of fans (882 supporters) asked also believe the “Big Six” Premier League clubs should be kicked out of the English top flight as punishment for attempting to form a breakaway league.

More than half of those surveyed (55 percent) think the six clubs should face financial penalties, and more than half want clubs punished in some manner, but 73 percent (1263 fans) think action should instead be taken against the clubs’ respective owners.

Meanwhile, lawmakers in Britain’s House of Commons were told Monday the government will use its legislative powers to block controversial plans for the breakaway European Super League.

Sports and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden told the Commons he had already had support from Prime Minister Boris Johnson for action to block the plan.

Saying soccer was in Britain’s DNA, Dowden said in an emergency statement that soccer clubs aren’t just businesses, they define communities across the country.

Dowden added the government will not stand by and watch soccer be cravenly stripped of the things that make millions across the country love it.

He said the soccer authorities in Britain had robust rules in place to deal with the threat, but he added: “If they can’t act, we will.”

Dowden said: “We will put everything on the table to prevent this from happening.”

(SD-Agencies)