ARSENE Wenger is threatening to lead an exodus of England's three biggest football clubs into a self-sufficient European Super League.

Someone should call his bluff and let him do it.

The Arsenal manager insists they are not empty words but a real threat that his club, Liverpool and Manchester United are considering turning their backs on the Premiership.

The crux of Wenger's dismay is sparked by the continuing club versus country rows which result in Arsenal suffering from having to release players for international duty against his will.

The latest final straw for Wenger is FIFA's insistence that clubs must send their players to play in the 12-day Confederations Cup in June, giving his French and Brazilian players no summer break to speak of.

If he bought British in the first place he wouldn't have that problem, but that's another debate. Also, if he bothers to ask his French and Brazilian players he would find they regard it as an honour and not a hindrance to represent their country.

The point is these 18 elite European clubs which form the so-called G14 group are going to take some action at some stage. It is only a matter of time.

The 18 who have formed this exclusive club are Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Porto, Paris St Germain, Marseille and Lyon.

They have not formed the G14 for nothing. There are people at the core of the unity who see an opportunity for an even more lucrative future for their clubs.

They want to play each other in the highest quality league, attract and share Europe's serious television rights money and have control over when and where their players play.

As for the rest of the clubs? They don't care.

Wenger says the threat is real. I say let them do it and shut the door on them ever coming back.

Let them play foreign clubs with which they have no tradition or rivalry. Let them travel across Europe every week so their fans have to fork out £200 instead of £50 on an away game. And let them have their no relegation policy so all they ever have to play against is each other.

If they want to go then let them. If they issue threats - the word Wenger used this week - then force them out.

The rest of the clubs should wave them off with their blessing but with the firm insistence that they will never be allowed to return.

The door will be shut and locked behind them. No more Villa, Spurs, City, Chelsea, Newcastle, Everton and Leeds. It's Porto, PSV, Paris St Germain, Lyon, Marseille, Valencia, Bayern and Bayer forever. Hope you enjoy it and the money you are selling out for.

No more local derbies, no more domestic cup ties, no more magic of the FA Cup and no more emotional roller-coaster rides that the notoriously fast and furious English game provides better than any other league in the world.

Surely there cannot be a Liverpool, United or Arsenal fan who would want to see their club lose its heart and tradition to become involved in the never-ending cycle of a league of the same 18 European clubs.

Wenger thinks it is a threat. What he doesn't realise is that the English game will survive quite nicely without them. With promotion and relegation - something the G14 league would not have - the element of competition would continue to thrive.

The rest of the English football clubs should form their own union - like the Scottish clubs have done to rival the unity of Celtic and Rangers - and decide to throw any or all of Arsenal, United and Liverpool out of the English game if there are any more threats or if they do not pull out of G14 and pledge their allegiance to this country's traditional club structure.

United and Liverpool don't deserve too much criticism at this stage as they have not said anything. But they have joined the G14 and whatever their reason for doing so it can only be for their own benefit and not for the good of the English league.