Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has reiterated that he feels the Super League can “save football”, while he says he believes the plan received almost universal backlash because it was “badly Was presented “.
Perez is on the head of Push to make the Super League Which has fallen in the days following its announcement Due to the return of six English clubs, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan.
However the real boss, who has been the subject of criticism La Liga chief Javier Tibas, Is committed to the idea of a Super League and says that he still considers what football really needs in the wake of the coronovirus epidemic and the economic difficulties that preceded it.
What did Perez have to say?
“UEFA put on a show, from which I was completely surprised,” he told the Spanish television program El larguero. “Like we dropped an atomic bomb. where did we go wrong? Maybe we presented it badly, but why didn’t they let us talk about it.
“It is not fair that England are losing six and winning 14, big clubs in Spain are losing money and small clubs are losing money. Football is a pyramid. If there is money at the top, money flows down. And everybody gets something.
“at top [of tennis, [Roger] To play against federer [Rafael] Nadal People do not go to see Nadal against number 80 in the world. “
He said: “I have never seen aggression like UEFA presidents and domestic leagues. It sounded orchestrated. Insults, threats, like we killed football. We were trying to save football. “
the road ahead
Despite the Super League failing, Perez believes there will be another proposal and another plan to eventually replace what he sees as the “obsolete” current Pomat.
“I’m sad and disappointed,” he said. “We have been working in it for years, wanting to see how to make things better from a football and economic point of view. The leagues are sacred. What we can change is the midweek game. The Champions League is obsolete. It is only interesting from the quarter-finals. “
“We’re open to anyone else coming up with any other option than the Super League,” he continued. “It is not about the rich and the poor. Madrid is not rich, it is rich in trophies. I do not earn a penny from it. I say that if I wanted a shirt in 20 years, I paid for it. I have the right to say that if I am doing this then it is for the good of football. “
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