Liverpool are under mounting pressure to quit the European Super League.
As many as four of the 12 clubs who agreed to join a breakaway league with the Reds are set to withdraw from the process due to widespread backlash.
Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester City have signalled their intention to leave while Atletico Madrid and Barcelona expected to follow.
Emergency talks took place with on Tuesday evening between the continental teams who agreed to become founding members with Jurgen Klopp’s side.
But Anfield chiefs now face internal opposition with senior figures including Sir Kenny Dalglish backing supporters’ hostile stance towards the Super League.
He wrote on Twitter: “The last few days have been difficult for everyone who loves Liverpool Football Club and I really hope we do the right thing.”
Sir Kenny’s remarks were swiftly followed on social media by Liverpool’s first-team squad sharing a post which outlined their own stance on the subject.
First published by Jordan Henderson, it says: “We don’t like it and don’t want it to happen.
“This is our collective position.
“Our commitment to this football club and its supporters is absolute and unconditional.”
— Jordan Henderson (@JHenderson) April 20, 2021
Henderson had been due to chair a meeting of his fellow Premier League captains to discuss how they respond to the challenge of their breakaway.
Klopp and James Milner made clear their feelings on the new league, set to be an alternative to the Champions League, after Monday’s draw with Leeds.
Liverpool’s official watch partner Tribus also confirmed it will be ending their relationship with the club as a direct consequence of the Super League plot.
“Our values are at the forefront of everything we do therefore we will be withdrawing from this partnership,” confirmed Tribus on their Twitter account.
“Football belongs to the fans and unites us all; it was never intended to benefit the few.”
Since Sunday’s bombshell announcement, fans have been attaching banners in protest at owners Fenway Sports Group to the exterior gates of The Kop.
Separately, supporter group Spion Kop 1906 confirmed it will withdraw its banners from Anfield over the Super League plan.
Calls for FSG to shelve their interest has also intensified with fans’ union Spirit of Shankly lamenting them for ‘hanging on to this shattered nightmare’.
“We are calling on the FSG board to withdraw our club from this catastrophic idea and consider their positions with immediate effect,” read a statement from SOS.
“To coin a previous campaign of ours ‘Not Welcome Here’.”