Perez reveals Real's position on the Champions League ... and reveals the reason behind the announcement of the "Super League"

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said yesterday that his team will not be expelled from the Champions League, after participating with 11 major clubs in the launch of the separatist Super League. Six English clubs (Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham), along with Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, Juventus, Inter and Milan, have announced the launch of a competition that may blow up the Champions League, and Peres will be its first president. And he defined the goal of launching this competition by saying "to save football."

The clubs decided to separate from the Champions League, in order to play more competitive matches "as soon as possible", while three founding clubs, called five others, will join annually. Perez said that the Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain had not been invited to be among the founding clubs. The European Union (UEFA) believed that the clubs participating in the Super League will not be able to compete in its competitions in the future, while Real Madrid reached with Manchester City the semi-finals of the Champions League for this season. "These are threats from someone who confuses monopoly with property," Peiris told "El Cherengetto" TV program.

"Madrid will not be expelled from the Champions League, of course not. Not even City or any other team." He added, "It will not happen. I do not want to go into legal grounds, but this will not happen. It is impossible." The European Union also threatened to deny players the representation of their national teams if they participate in the competition. Peres, 74, explained, "Any player can remain calm because this will not happen. Yifa is a monopoly and it must be transparent. Wifa does not have a good image in its history. He must be open to dialogue and not threaten."

Peres had previously said that clubs had taken this step to save the sport. “Football must continue to change and adapt all the time. Football loses interest. Something must be done. Football is the only sport in the world. Television has to change to adapt to the times. To think about why young people between the ages of 16 and 24 are not interested in football.

The majority of fans and federations across the continent gathered to condemn the resounding decision taken by the 12 clubs to launch the "Super League" with the support of the US investment bank JP Morgan.

The clubs wishing to follow in the footsteps of the American Basketball League "NBA", which are under debt and the huge size of the salaries of their stars in light of the Corona crisis, were immediately accused of greed and threatened with international punishment.

Clubs are dying:

"There are boring matches and other platforms for entertainment. Football has to change." And the president of the royal club added, "There is a group of European clubs that want to do something to make this sport more attractive globally." He believed that the Corona virus pandemic has accelerated the clubs' need for change and that they cannot bear waiting for the UEFA Champions League reforms. “The new Champions League is expected to start in 2024. In 2024, all clubs will be dead.”

Peres said that the new tournament will help the smaller clubs. "Money goes to everyone, this is a pyramid. If the powerful have money, it flows down ... There are 15 clubs that play according to their value, and five others according to their sporting merit. It is not closed. It is open. We have never considered a closed championship."

3.5 billion euros

The participating teams will receive 3.5 billion euros (4.19 billion dollars) to support their investment plans and face the challenges of the Corona virus.

The new format will see the twenty teams divided into two groups of ten, with the first three teams qualifying for each group to the quarter-finals, and the fourth and fifth of each group will play two round-trip matches to join the eight-round.

After that, the competition adopts the principle of knock-out matches, like the Champions League, before the final, which takes place in one game in May.

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