The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, declared in the press conference after the meeting of the consulting platform for clubs (CAP) that took place in Madrid, Leagues- that the «shipwrecked» teams that still remain in the Super League “are not essential.”
«UEFA is prepared to survive without Madrid, Barça and Juve in the competition. The Champions League has survived five or six years without Manchester United and Milan, “he said.
On the repercussion that Barcelona and Real Madrid would have in the domestic tournament for two years without European competitions, Tebas pointed out that “LaLiga is ready.” “We would like them to play in Europe, but if they stop doing stupid things maybe they will. You have to be responsible for the acts, what you cannot do is carry out a coup d’état and get away with it, “he said.
Tebas charged again at the press conference against the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino: »In the Super League calendar, the clubs saved the month of January to play the Club World Cup for Mr. Infantino. He supported the project because his World Cup could be played because the big clubs gave their guarantee that they would go.
Infantino’s interests are very clear. With the Super League he gets the club world cup and their support to have a national team world cup every two years ”, he added.
Regarding the new format of the Champions League scheduled for 2024, the president of La Liga responded that he was “concerned” that “playing ten games cannibalizes the value of audiovisual rights” held by regular leagues.
«We consider that ten games is an excess, the best thing would be to play eight. Increasing the number of matches in the Champions League by 50% worries us and in defense of our competitions we consider that there are too many, at least for now, “he said.
“With this collapse that we have had with the Super League issue, we are all more open to defending our ecosystem and we will have agreements with UEFA to protect ourselves,” Tebas commented to end the press conference. EFE. (JL).