The Ordinary General Assembly of Agent Members of Real Madrid enabled club president Florentino Pérez a platform with which to detail his vision for the future of the club, consisting of a brand-new method to ownership and financial investment, however likewise to strike out at a lot of his competitors and challengers.
In an intense speech, which was warmly gotten by the countless members present in the space and more list below online or by means of tv, Pérez looked for to highlight the club’s position on a number of subjects, varying from the European Super League to the proposed La Liga component in Miami, by connecting those positions to the club’s worths.
” I just recently heard somebody state that Genuine Madrid protests whatever, undoubtedly that’s not real, we just oppose anything that is not typical or ethical, and naturally, anything that is illegal,” Pérez stated as part of his speech.
” It is not typical, and it is illegal, as 3 courts have actually currently ruled in the Super League case, to attempt to avoid clubs from arranging their own competitions,” he continued. “Nor is it typical for European clubs to be required to play competitors formats enforced by UEFA that are developed to favour its balance of power, these formats are destructive to the phenomenon and to the fans.”
Pérez likewise went on to continue his speech by as soon as again highlighting the requirement free of charge broadcasting of components, a crucial element of the Super League proposition.
” It is not typical that, in the 21st century, viewing football on tv is ending up being significantly costly, when innovation enables designs, even complimentary ones, that advantage fans,” he discussed, identifying soccer as “a progressively costly item which just pushes away soccer fans, who are pressed towards other, more budget-friendly home entertainment choices”.
Pérez attacks La Liga and the proposition to play a video game in Miami
Amongst the targets of Pérez’s speech were a number of essential figures within Spanish soccer, consisting of La Liga president Javier Tebas and Spanish Football Federation president Rafael Louzán.
” It is not typical for the president of La Liga and the president of the Spanish Football Federation, who are expected to guarantee the stability of the competitors, to promote a match that misshapes La Liga,” he stated, taking goal at the questionable subject of the proposed La Liga component in Miami in between Barcelona and Villarreal.
He continued to state that “it is not typical for them to support Barcelona having the benefit of playing one less match on the challenger’s field, even their own captain, Frenkie de Jong, does not believe this is typical, and we still need to listen to Mr. Tebas comparing this rubbish to the international phenomenon arranged by the NFL at the Bernabéu, and once again, he is making a story with the sole function of assaulting Genuine Madrid”.
He went on to slam the directors of both companies, indicating their earnings of “more than EUR6 million ($ 6.9 million) each year, more than Premier League executives although the Premier League creates a lot more profits than La Liga”.
Barcelona all came in for criticism about the Negreira case
Pérez continued, including that, “naturally, it is not typical that Barcelona has actually paid the vice-president of the referees more than EUR8 million ($ 9.2 million) over a minimum of 17 years, whatever the factor”.
He included that, “the vice-president of the refereeing body who, as everybody understands, had essential functions in the refereeing system, to name a few things, he supervised of interacting the promo and transfer of referees each season” highlighting that it accompanied “a duration of practically twenty years that likewise corresponds, coincidentally, with Barcelona’s finest sporting outcomes”.
Source: Forbes.
