Arabia contract pays 10 million more if Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the Super Cup
'Supercopa files' Piqué's company agreed with the Federation a commission of 24 million for taking the Supercopa to Arabia
11/07/2019 EL MUNDO: Piqué charged commission for taking the Super Cup to Arabia
On his Twitch channel and with the journalists summoned through Zoom in a chaotic session that had to start at 0:18 at night because there was no way for the sound to work.
This is how Gerard Piqué
explained
the commission of 24 million euros agreed with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the Spanish Super Cup to be played in Saudi Arabia.
An amount to be paid by Sela (Saudi public company of sporting events) to Kosmos, company of the Barcelona center-back, in exchange for the dispute of six editions of the tournament in Arabia.
A commission that reaches
10% of the total of a contract that amounts to 40 million euros
, which is what the body chaired by Luis Rubiales receives.
Of course, as long as the Barça club and Real Madrid participate in it.
If they do not, five million are subtracted due to the absence of each of them, according to EL MUNDO.
"I have nothing to hide. I believe that everything we have done is legal.
And it is not that I am not hiding, it is that I am proud
," Piqué assured in an initial monologue that was interrupted by technical problems and before he gave step to the "debate" that he wanted to have with the journalists.
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