In the frame of the Assembly of partners of the Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez has left clear that the initiative to create a Superliga European, that saw the light in April of 2021 and that later would receive the rejection by part of the UEFA, continues valid. Of this way, the president of the team merengue has answered to his homologous in Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser To the-Khelaïfi.
In fact, it has reiterated that the football requires important changes in function of the profitability: "To resolve a problem, it is necessary to recognise that this exists. Only like this they can look for solutions. Our dear sport is ill, losing leadership. The youngsters interest every time less and is a tendency to revertir before it was too late".
Likewise, it warns that the digital entertainment and the 'streaming' is winning him terrain to the balompié: "The new generations prefer other shows, like the on-line platforms or the video games. They ask a product of quality that does not give the football, because the current competitions do not attract... Until his final phases. With the maximum respect to the national leagues, the big European leagues have to offer parties along all the year; parties that bring of turn to the youngsters".
In reply to the statements of To the-Khelaïfi on the 'fear' of the Madrid to compete, Florentino has been conclusive when remembering that the whites are the maximum champions of Europe and puntualizar that would not treat of a tournament restricted: "The Superliga would not be an enclosed competition, as would have 25% of his open squares. The president of the Association of European Clubs (ECA) said that the Madrid had fear to the competition; the same it would be necessary to remember him to the president of the ECA who is the Real Madrid".
The criticisms to the current format of the Champions
To attract again the attention of the fans, considers important that there are more crashes between teams 'top', taking like reference the duels in the tennis: "Nadal and Djokovic have played 59 times in the last fifteen years. Acaso This is boring? However, Madrid and Liverpool only have confronted nine times in 67 years. And against Chelsea only have played four times. What felt has deprive to the fans of these parties? With the norms of the UEFA grieve would have seen to play to Nadal and Federer thrice in all these years".
In his opinion, they are the actions of the body rector of the European football the causantes of the desinterés by part of the youngsters: "The UEFA has found like solution the go in the opposite direction and wants to increase the parties between unimportant teams. With this only will accelerate the decadence of the European football and his alejamiento of the youngsters. The tendency is not debatable. Something have to be doing very well in State Joined and very bad in the old Europe".
Also it has taken like example the case of the American football, that has surpassed to the Champions in income when having a model of competition more attractive: "The audiovisual income of the NFL, where the teams only play eight parties in his house, have surpassed to the ones of the Champions and the Europe League. I repeat it: something have to be doing very well in United States and very bad in the old Europe. The football is losing the battle".
On the other hand, it has criticised the "abuses" by part of the UEFA by means of the 'fair play financial': "The football needs a professional management, modern and transparent. Offer a product of quality and interest that give back the illusion and the passion. We have to brake the deterioration. Therefore, we gave the step to offer a competition like the Superliga. Some pretend that it accept with normality, besides, the abuses of some clubs with the Fair PlayFinancial . Abuses that all know and do not do at all".