The European
Super League Chairman still stands firm that the project is very much alive
despite teams claimed to have exited
Real Madrid President
who is spearheading the European Super League agenda, Florentino Perez still
insists the ESL project isn’t dead yet.
Following the
forceful pull from the UCL by
the involved clubs in the ESL project,
fans had to angrily express their displeasure with the decision.
This led to the
involved clubs to redress their steps and back off from the strange league
involvement.
But the league chairman still insists the clubs
have lied to their supporters when they said they have left the league.
“I’m not going to explain now what a binding
contract is,” Perez said to AS. “But the clubs cannot leave.
“Some of
them, because of pressure, have had to say that they’re leaving. But this
project or one like it will go forward, and I hope it’s soon.
“The
Super League still exists, and the members are still in it. Now we have given
ourselves some weeks to think, while we face the violence that some people, who
don’t want to lose their privileges, have used to manipulate our project.”
The UEFA
in turn threatened to punish teams involved with several bans and ejections.
In
reaction to the event, UEFA reformed to an extended format that would come into
play by 2024/2025 season.
But
Florentino Perez claims the reforming doesn’t change a thing as teams are still
prone to bankruptcy if they don’t join an agenda as the ESL’s which has been
disclosed to be solely aimed at maximizing team’s profits.
“The
Super League does not go against domestic competitions and its objective is to
ensure that more money is available for all sections of football,” the
74-year-old said.
“The
concept is to generate more interest for the games. Nor do I think that the
changes which UEFA have made are a real solution to the problem because what
has been proposed isn’t even an improvement on the current model.
“Also, we
cannot wait until 2024. But in any case, we must have done something badly. We
are going to try to turn this around and develop more ideas. Maybe the solution
is for the top four teams in every league to play.
“The
truth is, no. Not the format, that nobody understands, not the time period,
because by 2024… either we fix this before or all the clubs go bankrupt.”
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