"Our beloved sport is ill" - Real Madrid President Florentino Perez discusses Super League plans
Karan Tejwani
- 2 Oct 2022 12:35 BST
- 3 min read
Real Madrid held their General Assembly on Sunday morning with club members, and President Florentino Perez used it as a platform to push the European Super League.
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are still part of the Super League plan, and are adamant they can get the league underway, despite many of its member clubs leaving as soon as it started.
The Super League has been widely criticized by fans and media alike for its closed style and preference for the elite European clubs, but Perez still wants to get it underway.
He spent much of his time discussing the prospect of the league, and feels European football needs to do more to raise its level of competition.
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Perez discusses Super League
“Our beloved sport is ill, losing global leadership. The young people are increasingly less interested, a trend to revert before it is too late. The new generations prefer other spectacles, like the online platforms or video games.
“They are asking for a quality product that football does not provide, because the current competitions do not attract them. Even the final phases,” Perez said.
The President feels as though European football needs to do more to attract interest, offering the biggest matches in football throughout the year.
“With maximum respect to the national leagues, the big European leagues should offer matches throughout the year, matches that bring the young people back.
🎙️| Florentino Perez: “Nasser Al-Khelaifi said Real Madrid launched the Super League because they’re afraid of competition. Maybe we remind him who Real Madrid is, the most successful club in HISTORY.” #rmalive
— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) October 2, 2022
“UEFA is increasing the number of games between irrelevant teams. With that, it will only accelerate the decadence of European football,” he added.
Perez then spoke about how American sports, such as the NFL, have overtaken European football and that has affected finances of many clubs within Europe.
“According to Forbes, Madrid is the 13th most valuable club in the world and before we were fifth. There are only three football clubs in that ranking. The trend is inarguable.
“They must be doing something very well in the United States and very badly in the old Europe,” Perez concluded in his speech.
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