FC Barcelona returns to pronounce on 'LaLiga Impulso'

After the suspension of the meeting between the Upper Council of Sports and Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Athletic of Bilbao on the one hand, and LaLiga, the three clubs have issued a communiqué in group to review the situation. It is necessary to remember, in any case, that with the request of Spanish Federation of Football and the three teams, had summoned a meeting in the headquarters of the CSD with "the end to tackle the conflicts between the parts".

The Upper Council of the Sport, finally, has 'desenconvocado' the meeting when positioning like intermediary, without legal capacity to take part by fault of competitions. In this sense, the CSD will not take part before Assembly of LaLiga with all the clubs of First and Second Division (this Friday) in which they will give green light to the Project LaLiga Impulse, with the CVC, to inject 2.700 million euros, in return of the value of 9% of the audiovisual rights of here to fifty years.

Thus, Barça, Madrid and Athletic have issued a new communiqué in which they have 'confirmed' the position of the CSD. They have begun aiming that "we trusted that in said meeting the CSD could adopt decisions that avoided the eventual approval of a project that consider flagrantemente illegal, as it is the Project The League Promote that, to approve , will involve the judicialización of the Spanish football".

However, they added that it was them communicated that "lacks faculties to take decisions on the Project The League Promote and his legality, inviting us of form expresses to attend to the ordinary justice", by what invite to that the meeting was celebrated when the CSD have the opportunity to value the "irregularities" of the project between LaLiga and CVC, as well as that confirm that has authority to act in this situation.

Likewise, they have sent a direct message to LaLiga, standing out that they regret that the patronal follow promoting the project that, in the opinion of the three clubs, "prejudices gravely the interests of all the Spanish football, construido by means of the expropriation of the audiovisual rights that belong to all and each one of the clubs that can participate in The League in the next 50 years".

Finally, they reaffirmed his commitment to participate in all the meetings that are necessary to value solutions that respect "our juridical legislation in all his extremes" with the aim to achieve the consensus that needs the football in Spain "in a climate of open dialogue".

Communiqué of the FC whole Barcelona

Like this then , in a new communiqué, the FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Club of Bilbao have positioned against of the Poyecto LaLiga Impulse and invite to the Upper Council of Sports to 'indagar' in this situation and confirm that they have the authority to act in 'against' of this agreement that 'engage' the interests of the Spanish football to average and long term. To continuation, the communiqué that have issued the three clubs:

"In the day of today the President of the Upper Council of Sports ("CSD") has summoned us to a meeting with the own CSD, the President of the Real Spanish Federation of Football and the President of The League, to celebrate also in the same day of today.

We trusted that in said meeting the CSD could adopt decisions that avoided the eventual approval of a project that consider flagrantemente illegal, as it is the Project The League Promote that, to approve , will involve the judicialización of the Spanish football.

However, after the announcement of the meeting, the CSD has moved us that lacks faculties to take decisions on the Project The League Promote and his legality, inviting us of form expresses to attend to the ordinary justice.

In this context, Athletic Club, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, and after consulting this position with the President of the Real Spanish Federation of Football, the one who shares the posture of the quoted clubs:

-We understand that the meeting proposed by the CSD in the day of today has to be postponed, and celebrate as long as the CSD (i) have had the occasion to value properly the flagrant irregularities of the Project The League Promote and (ii) confirm that has authority to act in the exercise of his functions of supervision;

-We regret that The League continue promoting the approval of a project that consider flagrantemente illegal and that prejudices gravely the interests of all the Spanish football, built by means of the expropriation of the audiovisual rights that belong to all and each one of the clubs that can participate in The League in the next 50 years, no to The League, and in a moment product of the pandemia, of indefensión, uncertainty and weakness of many of the current members associated. To approve the agreement, will exercise the legal actions that proceed, of the nature that was; and

-We reiterate our disposal to participate in those that meetings are necessary, whenever have by object value solutions that respect our juridical legislation in all his extremes, to end to help to reach the consensus that so much needs the Spanish football in a climate of open dialogue".