Toni Kroos, Real Madrid midfielder, offered his opinion on the Superliga several months ago. In the podcast 'Einfach mal Luppen', which he does half with his brother Felix, he spoke out against the Super League, but also against the current state of football between FIFA and UEFA in November 2020.
“I'm a big fan of leaving things as they are when they are going well. Along with the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Cups, the leagues are a first-class product. Super League? Without us, we would not participate (he said together with his brother). It would be a good time to quit, “said the German.
He charged without knowing what would happen this Monday with the 12 clubs, including his, announcing the creation of this new competition that does not seem to satisfy the majority of players. Bruno Fernandes, from Manchester United, or Joao Cancelo, from City, also positioned themselves against.
Reforms for everything
Toni Kroos saw the Super League as the worst solution to the current situation that football is experiencing, or in which it lived until this Sunday night, with UEFA and FIFA in charge of everything. “Unfortunately it was not decided by us as players. We are puppets of FIFA and UEFA. If there were a players' union we would not play a League of Nations or a Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia (…). These competitions are to bring everything together economically “, he explained in his podcast.
The Superliga appears as a new agglutinator in search of distributing the cake and, according to what the players (including Liverpool and James Milner) and the coaches suggest, no one seems to have counted on them to make the decision.