FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that breakaway Super League clubs cannot be 'half in, half out' of the established soccer system, while Real Madrid supremo Florentino Perez insisted he is trying to 'save football' with the move.
Soccer Football - 45th Ordinary UEFA Congress - 2m2c Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Montreux, Switzerland - April 20, 2021 FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 45th Ordinary UEFA Congress Richard Juilliart/UEFA/Handout via REUTERSFIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that breakaway Super League clubs cannot be "half in, half out" of the established soccer system, while Real Madrid supremo Florentino Perez insisted he is trying to "save football" with...
"I would like to address the owners of some English clubs. Gentlemen, you made a huge mistake," he said. "Some will say it is greed others disdain, arrogance or complete ignorance of England's football culture but actually it doesn't matter. "It is challenged by a purely profit-driven approach that ignores the... social values of sports and real needs in the post-coronavirus world," IOC President Thomas Bach said.There have been few voices that have backed the breakaway league, with owners of the 12 teams conspicuous by their absence.
"Audiences are decreasing and rights are decreasing and something had to be done. We are all ruined. Television has to change so we can adapt. "The clubs and their youth teams should be banned from all competitions until they think of their many supporters who have made them into top clubs in the world in the first place, and not only of their purses," DFB President Fritz Keller said on the official DFB Twitter account.Premier League clubs were meeting on Tuesday without the 'Big Six' who have joined the breakaway Super League.
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