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James Corden delivered an impassioned denunciation of the Super League proposals that have rocked football and warned the game’s future is at risk.

The High Wycombe-born TV host opened his popular US late night show with an emotional monologue decrying plans which critics say will cause irrecoverable damage to the sport.

The so-called Big Six of the English Premier League have faced a furious backlash to their proposals to break away and form a European Super League, with Boris Johnson among those condemning the move.

Corden, a West Ham fan, joined the dissenters during the latest episode of The Late Late Show and became emotional while outlining his opposition.

He said: “The truth is, that this whole thing, making this move, these teams, these owners, they will kill hundreds of other football teams that compete with them, and have competed with them many times over the years.

“[They are] Disregarding the fan bases of those teams and the fan bases of their own teams, who are devastated about this too, because these aren’t small teams.

“These are some of the biggest teams in the world and this decision is monumental, and I’m heartbroken by it. Genuinely heartbroken. Because the owners of these teams have displayed the worst kind of greed I’ve ever seen in sport.”

Speaking about football’s working-class roots, Mr Corden said: “Many football teams in Britain are over 100 years old. These teams were started by working class people, you know, dock workers, builders.

Bucks Free Press: Mr Corden spoke about the contentious Super League on The Late Late Show Mr Corden spoke about the contentious Super League on The Late Late Show

“They were built by and for the communities they play in. They’re not franchises.

“But these new billionaire owners have, over the past 10, 12, 15 years, been buying up all of the top teams, and slowly but surely, they’ve moved them away from the communities and foundations on which these teams were built.”

To explain the Super League, which would allow its founder members access on an historical basis rather than merit, to his American audience, Mr Corden likened it to an imagined scenario where Hollywood heavyweights Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Saoirse Ronan and Viola Davis would “break-off” and create their own Oscars, where they would always be nominated regardless of which films they were in or their successes.

He added: “It’s not just that they [the owners] don’t understand football and what it means to be a fan of a football club. It was simply the realisation that they don’t care. They don’t care about anybody but themselves.

“If anything, I would say they look at the historical fan bases of every single club with disdain. They want a closed shop where the rich get richer. They don’t care if the teams below them struggle.

“They’ll take the money and secure that money, regardless of performances and regardless of success on the pitch. It’s disgraceful.”

And Mr Corden condemned the owners of the clubs – including Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona – for taking the game away from fans.

He said: “The pandemic has been just catastrophic for clubs and communities across Britain. It’s hard to express how much these communities are relying on football, not just financially – which is considerable – but also as a focal point of a town’s hopes and dreams.

Bucks Free Press: James Corden at the Jackie Palmer Stage School with Marylyn Phillips (left) and the late Jackie PalmerJames Corden at the Jackie Palmer Stage School with Marylyn Phillips (left) and the late Jackie Palmer

“And these dreams, they’ve just been shattered, not just in Britain but all across Europe. The reason these dreams have been shattered and discarded is so that a group of billionaires can buy themselves a bigger boat or a second boat.

“Football is a working class game where anyone can beat anyone on their day, and it’s that that makes it incredible, it’s that that’s made it the global force it is today.”

Mr Corden said the Super League would stop another fairytale triumph similar to Leicester City’s Premier League title win in 2016.

He added: “And if this happens, and unfortunately I really do think it will, I don’t want to be over dramatic but I do think it’s the end of the sport that we love. It truly is. I think it’s going to happen and I don’t think there’s anything we can do about it.”

Mr Corden urged fans to remember the names of the owners who made the decision and said: “Don’t ever forget that it was them, those owners.

“They took something so pure and so beautiful and they beat the love and the joy out of it and they did it for money. They just did it for money. And it’s disgusting.”

The star, who currently lives in Los Angeles, was brought up in Hazlemere and went to Park Middle School and Holmer Green Upper School, as well as Jackie Palmer Stage School, in Bridge Street.

His parents still live in Hazlemere.