Real Madrid chief Perez states Super League is not ‘dead’

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Real Madrid chief Perez says Super League is not 'dead'

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Florentino Perez, President of Real Madrid visualized on February 18, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.

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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez firmly insists the European Super League is not “dead” in spite of the competitors collapsing simply 48 hours after it was revealed.

On Sunday, 12 clubs – the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’, plus Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan and Air Conditioning Milan – verified they were preparing to begin the brand-new midweek European competitors.

However, the strategies started to fall apart on Tuesday, when Chelsea and Manchester City withdrew following a furious reaction from fans, the Premier League and UEFA.

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham then took out on Tuesday night, leaving Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli to confess on Wednesday early morning that the Super League might no longer proceed.

Inter Milan, Air Conditioning Milan and Atletico likewise withdrew on Wednesday, however Perez – who was because of be the chairman of the league – stays bullish, informing Spanish radio program El Larguero: “If anybody believes the Super League is dead, are they incorrect? Absolutely.

“We’re going to keep working and what everybody believes is for the very best will emerge.

“The project is on standby. The Super League still exists.”

Sky Sports News reported on Tuesday early morning that the Super League might collapse amidst unpredictability amongst a few of the 6 Premier League members over whether to continue with the strategies.

That was verified when Chelsea and City ended up being the very first clubs to withdraw later on that day. Perez confesses one English club was not “convinced” which their doubts ended up being “contagious”.

“I’m a bit sad and disappointed because we’ve been working on this project for three years,” he stated. “There was somebody in the group of 6 English groups who wasn’t that interested and I believe that begun to end up being infectious amongst the others.

“There are individuals of a particular age included and perhaps they were frightened since they didn’t comprehend anything that was going on. We all signed a binding agreement, however I do not believe that a person of them was ever persuaded.

“In the end, there was an onslaught from the leagues and the Premier League got fired up, so they said, ‘we’ll leave it for now’.”

A joint declaration from the English, Spanish and Italian FAs and leagues, plus UEFA, on Sunday threatened the 12 Super League clubs with expulsion from their domestic competitors and recommended their gamers might be prohibited from representing their nations.

Supporters likewise responded with outrage, with Chelsea’s choice to backtrack coming amidst demonstrations outside Stamford Bridge ahead of their video game versus Brighton on Tuesday night.

Perez informed El Larguero that “40 Chelsea fans” were opposing, including, “I can tell you who got them there if you want.” However, he produced no proof to validate his claims, and images from Stamford Bridge revealed numerous fans collected to demonstration.

Perez thinks the failure to develop the Super League will avoid the biggest clubs from having the ability to pay for the video game’s most significant stars, stating: “As for finalizings like [Erling] Haaland or [Kylian] Mbappe, they will not exist without the Super League.

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“During the pandemic, they will not exist for Real Madrid or for any club.”

However, Perez – who introduced the ‘Galacticos’ period at Real throughout his very first spell as president by signing the similarity Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham – then firmly insisted Mbappe might still come to the Bernabeu.

“Does it suggest we will not sign Mbappe? No, I didn’t state that,” he said. “We’re now in the last of this season and wish to complete it as highly as possible.

“We do not understand. If Mbappe does not join this year, no one is going to shoot themselves.

“People understand what I’m like and what I do. If something does not occur, it’s since it’s not possible.

“As for big signings in the future without a Super League, they certainly won’t happen.”