“You cannot put the interests of the leading wealthy clubs - there are more than a dozen of them, no more - above the interests of all national championships and leagues.
Basically, in short, the rich will get richer and the poor poorer.
Our country is absolutely not interested in this.
You know very well that even our top five clubs will never make it to this league.
There are a lot of risks to destroy the established system of European football, "Pryadkin said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
The competition with the participation of 16-18 elite European teams may start in 2022.
According to a number of sources, Liverpool, Manchester United and Barcelona have expressed interest in participating in the tournament.
Earlier, Zidane reacted to the idea of creating a European Premier League.