Florentino Pérez showed his most challenging profile when it came to charging against UEFA and defending his Superliga project in his initial speech at the Ordinary Assembly of Real Madrid, which was received by the 400 members of the club with shouts of “We are! the kings of Europe! “.
The Real Madrid started the Assembly of the club, in the basketball pavilion of the sports city of Valdebebas, with the intervention of its president. Florentino Pérez took advantage of the presentation of its management report to charge harshly against the UEFA, LaLiga and your agreement with CVC, and insisted on the creation of the Superliga.
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The white leader showed his most challenging profile at the end of his speech: “You have to remind the UEFA who is he Real Madrid. Perhaps you have to remind him of the history of this club, which since its foundation has participated in all the transformations of our sport and guarded by the tradition of football. The only club that participated in the founding of the FIFA and the impeller of the European cup in 1955 with the newspaper The team. UEFA showed its opposition and Bernabéu suffered it for two years. Now we see ourselves in a similar situation. “
The 400 delegate members present received the message dedicating a closed ovation to their president, while singing songs such as the classic “We are the kings of Europe!”, Which is heard in the Santiago Bernabeu in the matches of Champions, or the traditional “Hala Madrid!” Pérez kept the apocalyptic tone at the end of his speech, warning that “football is in danger. The abundance of entertainment offers is displacing football. Unattractive matches are the main cause that drives teams away from competitions.” And he insisted once again on the interest lies in facing important rivals and gave as an example that Real Madrid and Chelsea They had never met in the European Cup until last edition.
Later he insisted on defending the Superliga which he described as “a global project so that football continues to excite all fans. The pandemic has forced us to accelerate a reflection on the future of football. The Super League is not just a new competition; it is trying to change the current dynamics of football It is a competition that defends freedom, self-government, financial fair play, transparency, solidarity and commitment to a new structure of football and respect for and compatible with national competitions. Also respectful of fans and the passion for soccer “.
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The leader recalled that “we have tried to dialogue with UEFA, but the violence of their reaction reaffirmed the need to guide our own destiny. Clubs were threatened with sanctions inappropriate for the rule of law and club presidents were insulted. like Juventus. Anything was worth in order to end the Super League. ” To later confirm that it is committed to the legal route to resolve this dispute: “We fully trust the European courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union. We will not give in to threats, which are illegal as the courts have repeatedly stated. We have all listened to the UEFA president’s willingness to change the rules of financial fair play and make them more flexible to allow financial injections to state clubs and other agents outside football. We need transparent governance mechanisms and that all clubs can live off the resources of the game and not on the money of other actors with different interests. “
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Florentino also sent a message to Javier Tebas, President of LaLiga, to which he has frontally opposed in his initiative to sign a contract with the fund of CVC, an agreement that he described as “nonsense”. And he concluded his speech with another ovation from an enthusiastic audience that made clear his full support for the president of Real Madrid in his fight against UEFA and his commitment to the Super League.
In the Assembly, which continues to be held throughout the day this Saturday, the delegates will approve the accounts of last season (874,000 euros of profit and a balance in the treasury of 122 million euros) and the budget for the next. Although the fundamental point of the same will be the authorization of the delegates to the board of directors of Pérez to increase the indebtedness in 170 million euros in the remodeling of the Bernabéu. A debt that will serve to “finance works not initially included in the remodeling of the stadium.”
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