President Aleksander Ceferin said the UEFA ‘still talks to the legal team’ and expects the breakaway teams will ‘realise their mistake and suffer the consequences’.
The UEFA chief defended the American owners who didn’t take part in the Super League project.
“I spoke to the owners of Roma and Marseille, who are American billionaires and have publicly stated that they would never enter such a League, because they respect the fans and the tradition of their clubs,” Ceferin told 24ur.
President Aleksander Ceferin said the UEFA ‘still talks to the legal team’ and expects the breakaway teams will ‘realise their mistake and suffer the consequences’.
The UEFA chief defended the American owners who didn’t take part in the Super League project.
“I spoke to the owners of Roma and Marseille, who are American billionaires and have publicly stated that they would never enter such a League, because they respect the fans and the tradition of their clubs,” Ceferin told 24ur.
“It’s unfair to say that the American owners are different, even if it’s true that their sports system is different.”
Ceferin was asked what will happen next.
“We will talk about football, but in the meetings, I will decide who sits next to me,” he said. “So, I can put someone a little further away.
“If these clubs want to play in our competition again, they will have to get close to us and we will have to evaluate what happened, but I don’t want to go into details, as we are still talking to our legal team.
“I would say that the English clubs have made a very good decision and we will take that into account.
“They admitted their mistake and realised they were wrong. We all make mistakes. In a way, I was disappointed with everyone, but I must say that maybe Barcelona are the ones that disappointed me the least.
“[President Joan] Laporta was elected very recently and I spoke to him two or three times. He was under great pressure due to the financial situation he inherited.
“This happens when you overpay some players and don’t get a result.
“Look at Bayern Munich: they have no debts and have won the Champions League. I was in constant contact with Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Borussia Dortmund’s Joachim Watzke.
“They helped me a lot, as well as President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who logically should have been one of the first to take part in the Super League.”
“Today, a club sent me the Super League match schedule. It was funny, because only Real and Juventus play every day.
“We’ll see what happens next week. A lot has happened 24 hours after the congress, but I expect more news by Friday.
“I think those who claim to be completely calm in this situation are not telling the truth. The situation is very complicated for them and not for the UEFA, which has 235 out of 247 clubs on its side.
“Indeed, 244. They are all with us. Yesterday I received text messages of support from virtually every club in Europe.
“So, now we expect everyone to realise their mistake and suffer the consequences. We will talk about it next week.”