Did you miss Florentino Perez’s sniper version against UEFA? Don’t worry, the president of Real Madrid has just proven this Saturday, during a speech to Madrid’s socios, that he had lost none of his splendor in this register. “Either we react now, or football will not survive,” says Florentino Perez (76), when reiterating his call for the creation of a closed league between the best European clubs, during the club’s general assembly. Spanish.
“Football is going through an unprecedented institutional crisis,” he continues. European football does not belong to the UEFA president and Spanish football does not belong to the La Liga president. The Super League is more necessary than ever. » This controversial project for a private and semi-closed European competition, notably supported by Real Madrid and Juventus and intended to compete with the Champions League, caused a real earthquake in the football galaxy in April 2021.
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“The objective is to offer the best football and for the clubs to control their destiny,” explains Florentino Perez. Real Madrid has a responsibility towards European football. History imposes it on us. » According to him, European clubs have “the obligation to offer supporters the best possible show”, by “making access to televised football cheaper, while we offer them an increasingly poor show”.
“It is insane to have to pay 10% of the minimum wage to have access to football. The Super League was designed to solve all these problems,” adds Florentino Perez, who believes that “UEFA does not have a monopoly on European football.” The president of Real Madrid, who holds the record for victories in the Champions League (14), also criticizes the new format of the C1, “an absurd project” which includes even more matches from the 2024-2025 season. The 18th Real-UEFA war is officially declared.