Real Madrid President Florentino Perez stressed the Super League ‘has not failed’ and believes the breakaway League would help ‘relieve the situation of a football that is dying’.
The Super League project was announced earlier this year, with Inter, Milan and Juventus among the 12 founding clubs.
The following protests made nine of the clubs involved abandon the League within 48 hours, while Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona were the only ones clinging to the project.
And Los Blancos President Perez continues to push to bring the competition back to life, saying UEFA ‘cannot do anything’ about the breakaway tournament.
“UEFA cannot do anything against people or clubs [involved in the project] and have stopped,” Perez told El Transistor.
He then pointed his finger at UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, confirming he has not talked to the Slovenian.
“I haven’t talked to him anymore. But it’s not possible that we all lose money and Ceferin earns,” he continued. “There are people who have privileges and want to keep them while football dies.”
Perez explained the exclusivity of the breakaway League and said the Super League project targeted the clubs with the most fans.
“We said that there had to be those with the most fans. Who buys TV rights? How many supporters do Liverpool or Juventus have? But I can still say that it’s not a closed system and that the Leagues will continue to exist as usual.
“We don’t exclude anyone, but it’s clear that everyone can’t enter. Roma vs. Sampdoria has less interest than Manchester vs. PSG.
“We have taken the audience of all the matches of all the Leagues. Who commands here are the fans. We see that Manchester have more fans than Roma.
“Let’s take those with the most fans in the world because they are the ones that TV will ask for.”
He stressed the project has not been shelved and believes the massive games of the Super League will attract a bigger audience.
“Nothing has failed,” he continued. “We have been working for two years, 12 teams, with a format that relieves the situation of a football that is losing interest, that is dying.
“The audience figures drop because most of the games don’t attract interest. If there’s no audience, audio-visual rights go down.”