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title: "Aston Villa’s Dean Smith refers to Everton when talking about Big Six facade"
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author: "Liam Sterling"
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published: "2021-04-21T18:00:00Z"
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# Aston Villa’s Dean Smith refers to Everton when talking about Big Six facade

The past few days of the footballing world have been a rollercoaster of emotions.

Monday night saw the [announcement](https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1384032514767921153) of six of Premier League club’s involvement in the proposed European Super League.

Fast forward just 24 hours and those six clubs have now [withdrawn their position](https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1384627191397421056) within the proposal.

It is great news for the future of football and the fair competition that exists in our sport.

Plenty of reaction has been seen with [outrage](https://twitter.com/PLComms/status/1384495840660795393) from the other 14 Premier League clubs.

Even Aston Villa’s Dean Smith spoke about the situation during his press conference yesterday…

> ? Aston Villa manager Dean Smith: “The so called 'Big six' when the Premier League formed in 1992, it was the 'Big Five' and Everton were part of that, Everton are now not, Why? What defines the 'Big Six'?” [#EFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/agSbG02T3s](https://t.co/agSbG02T3s)
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> — TheMightyBlues (@MightyBluesYT) [April 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/MightyBluesYT/status/1384536714878898185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

As Smith states, what actually determines the Big Six and what warrants their inclusion in a supposed Super League?

Everton were once referred to as a member as the Big Five when the Premier League was born in 1992.

Yet fast forward almost 30 years and the supposed big clubs in the league are changing every season.

As Smith talks about, it is interesting to really try and determine what warrants the big six in this day and age.

The Premier League possesses an abundance of big clubs – so why do we only single out six?

There is no club in the world that deserves to break away in that manner to better themselves and leave the rest behind.

Luckily for football, the six English clubs have abandoned this attempt to jump ship and will now face the consequence.