Charlie Stillitano doesn't understand football or the Champions League

Meet American sports executive Charlie Stillitano: the Relevent Sports chairman who embodies everything about capitalism and greed, and who, as Barry Glendenning of the Guardian explains, is "apparently hell-bent on ripping the heart out of what European football is."

Oh, and it's safe to say that Stillitano isn't a supporter of Leicester City.

In conversation with SiriusXM, Stillitano confirmed that he held talks Tuesday with the Premier League's "big five" - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Manchester United - and admitted that "restructuring the Champions League" was among the topics discussed. His comments came two days after Arsenal went on the record and denied that the club, along with others at the meeting, was seeking changes to the format of Premier League football and European football.

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While it's no secret that the European Club Association is floating around the idea of a European Super League that would include only Europe's most elite clubs, Stillitano shamelessly, and with zero understanding of football, spoke on SiriusXM of how the continent's richest teams could become even richer by closing the doors on European football competitions. That, of course, would kill the dream for any club looking to, as Sachin Nakrani of the Guardian writes, "do a Leicester."

"What would Manchester United argue: did we create soccer or did Leicester create (it)?" Stillitano said, according to The Associated Press. "Let's call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester? It's a wonderful, wonderful story - but you could see it from Manchester United's point of view, too."

Then, because insulting Leicester simply wasn't enough, Stillitano proceeded to continue digging a grave of ignorance, saying: "Maybe that is absolutely spectacular unless you are a Manchester United fan, Liverpool fan ... or a Chelsea fan. I guess they don't have a birthright to be in it every year but it's the age-old argument: U.S. sports franchises versus what they have in Europe. There are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful elements to relegation and promotion and there are good arguments for a closed system."

Aside from the obvious fact that United didn't create football, it's worth pointing out that none of the "big five" who attended Tuesday's meeting were part of the 12 clubs that created the Football League in 1888. They included Accrington Stanley, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Stillitano might not want to see Leicester take the pitch in the Champions League, but, if social media is any indication, most supporters don't want to see the American sports executive anywhere near the beautiful game.