“I offered the Wanda for the Champions League, there are no options …”

Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, CEO of Atlético de Madrid, confirmed this Friday that he offered the stadium Metropolitan Wanda for the resumption of the Champions League, but he believes that “there are no possibilities“to be the venue, because if that were the case they would have already” contacted “him, once UEFA will notify next Wednesday” the format, venue and dates “of the final stage of the competition.

“ANDor I offered it, but it is true that I personally believe that there are no possibilities, because so soon after next Wednesday, that UEFA is going to notify the format, the venue and the dates, they would have already contacted me, “he explained during his speech at the 'Golden Coach Congress', an 'online' coaching congress that will also take place this Saturday.

“I personally offered it to (UEFA) President Aleksander (Ceferin) and I understand after the conversation we had that, despite the fact that they are in love with Wanda, the proximity of the airport, Madrid hotels, infrastructure, everything is perfect, but I think we have to pay for the consequence of the severity of the disease (COVID-19) in this country“he added.