I think another reason this did not happen is that the clubs who participated were not distributed well throughout Europe. This also goes in terms of audience.

I think another reason this did not happen is that the clubs who participated were not distributed well throughout Europe. This also goes in terms of audience. The ESL claims to be a league of the best, but the ranking it actually conforms to is a league of the "valuable, but in debt" teams (seriously, check the ranking on wikipedia). If you'd want to have a closed league of the best teams, why are there (internationally speaking) third rate teams like Tottenham, whereas there were zero German or French teams? What was the CL final last year? Bayern and PSG? Well, you say, they tried to invite them. However, Bayern and PSG are interested in making money. Nobody in France or Germany would be happy with a league comprised mostly of British teams, calling itself "best in Europe". How do you sell that to the largest countries in the EU? One thing the premier league teams do better is international marketing. British teams are more likely to be known in China, India and the US. This is, in the end, where the money would come from. Again, fewer incentives for French and German teams. Nevertheless, if it would have gone past the pesky "legacy fans", it would have been profitable as a show competition for international audiences. But it did not get past the local fans, because it did not even have the slightest plan of appeasing British fans, nor the slightest fan of inciting German and French teams to join. It's discussed elsewhere why this was a transparent money grab. Perhaps more insulting is how badly it was executed!