The AC Milan, the Arsenal FC, the Athletic of Madrid, Chelsea FC, the FC Barcelona, the FC Internazionale Milano, the Juventus FC, the Liverpool FC, the Manchester City, the Manchester United, the Real Madrid CF and the Tottenham Hotspur have joined like clubs founders of the new Superliga, of agreement to the communiqué issued by the foundation, in which Florentino Pérez is the first president. However, the voices of rejection have not stopped, between the detractores of the competition stands out Luis Figo.
The exjugador of the Barça did not bite the tongue to the hour to express his impressions on the Superliga, that already has the conclusive rejection of the UEFA. "This greedy and insensitive movement would mean a disaster", said the Portuguese, the one who added that the initiative of the big clubs excludes the true to feel even of his own fans.
"This call 'Superliga' is anything less 'Super'. Only it serves to owners interested, that left to concern by his fans does time, and with total contempt by the sportive merit. Tragic", recalcó the also exjugador of the Real Madrid during an interview conceded to the agency of news EFE.
The Foundation of the Superliga detailed in a communiqué that will invite " to other three clubs so that they can join before the inaugural season that will begin the before possible". However, so much the FIFA like the UEFA have opposite to a parallel competition that in his opinion looks for to clear to the national leagues and until the own Champions.
The UEFA will sanction
"Still we are evaluating with our legal team, but will take all the sanctions that can and will inform them the before possible. My opinion is that the before possible have to be expelled of all our competitions and the players of all our competitions", expressed this Monday 19 April Aleksander Čeferin, president of the UEFA, in the Executive Committee in which it has approved the new Champions League for 2024.