Real Madrid president and the Chairman of the Super League, Florentino Perez, has pointed fingers at an unnamed Premier League club, for the collapse of the European Super League idea.
As at Wednesday, eight of the 12 clubs that signed up for the breakaway competition, announced they were pulling out.
The Premier League’s Big Six – Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Chelsea – were all involved.
European Super League: All Six Premier League Teams Withdraw From Competition
And Perez has said one of them initiated the pull out.
“Someone in the English group didn’t have a lot of interest, and that became contagious.
“One of them was never convinced… [The English clubs] left because of the atmosphere. UEFA put on a show. It was like we let off an atomic bomb.
“Perhaps we haven’t presented and explained it well, but they haven’t given us the opportunity either,” Perez told Spanish radio show El Larguero.
However, Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, has insisted that no team has left the European Super League yet.
Super League: No Member Club Has Left Yet – Florentino Perez Reveals
In an interview with El Larguero, Perez made it clear that anyone who thinks the project is dead is “completely wrong”.
Perez, who is also the president of the Super League, was speaking 24 hours after the controversial breakaway project collapsed.
According to him, the 12 founding members have not left yet as they all signed a legally “binding contract”.
He said: “I am a bit sad, disappointed. We have been working three years on this project, on fighting the current financial situation in Spanish football. It is easy to understand – you cannot touch La Liga, so you look for more money midweek.
“The leagues are sacred. What we can change is the midweek games. The Champions League is obsolete – it’s only interesting from the quarter-finals onwards.
UEFA Cannot Expel Man City, Chelsea, Real Madrid From UCL – Perez Reveals
“Among the 12 teams we lost €650million last season. This season two or three more times. This format clearly does not work.”
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