Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, speaking at a gathering of club members on Sunday, again pitched the idea of a European Super League. A dozen of Europe’s biggest clubs signed off on a controversial new project in April 2021, but it broke down after strong opposition from supporters and football’s governing bodies.
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus remained on board, while other clubs left the ship and the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in Luxembourg has to rule on whether European football governing body UEFA is acting as a monopoly by blocking the project. Used to be.
“The Super League has never been closed with a solid format,” Perez told Madrid members. “We think it can change depending on different contexts.
“The aim of the Super League is to modernize football. It is essential to offer the best quality sport to the fans. UEFA, with its transformation and remodeling of the Champions League, is mistakenly going the other way.”
The Real Madrid chief compared football to tennis, where the top players usually face each other several times a year.
“What does it mean to deprive fans of the big games?” He asked. ,Rafa) Nadal and (Roger) Federer have met more than 40 times. Nadal and (Novak) Djokovic have played 59 times, is that boring?
“Liverpool and Real Madrid have only met nine times in 67 years.”
Perez also took on Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelai, who is also the president of the European Club Association (ECA).
“The president of the ECA said that Real Madrid started the Super League because they feared competition,” he said.
“Maybe we need to remind him who Real Madrid are, the most decorated club in history.”
Perez’s comments were met with contempt in some quarters, with La Liga president Javier Tebas taking to Twitter to criticize the Madrid chief.
Tebas wrote, “History will recognize Florentino Pérez as one of the best runners a club has ever produced, but to be someone who can run a club well does not mean that he can run competitions.” I’ll be good.”
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“Without knowing, Perez is saying things that could kill the rest of the club, including Real Madrid.”
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