Joan Laporta began his presentation of the ninth point on the agenda, in which the Superliga project chaired by Florentino Pérez was debated, making it clear that he would not submit this Sunday to a vote among the compromise partners, since “right now this The format is neither mature nor does it exist “, because of” an improper, belligerent, demagogue reaction typical of a monopoly such as UEFA. “
The Blaugrana leader recalled that “Everyone makes money in football, except the clubs, we are the ones who pay for the party and we are losing money. We gave the OK, but we asked to submit the Super League format to the will of the members. But that moment has not yet come. “
Laporta wanted to place special emphasis on the disproportionate attitude of the leaders of the European body: “UEFA has reacted very badly to this initiative, it has neither met nor wanted to speak. In any case, a court has prevented UEFA from executing actions against the Superliga clubs. UEFA continues with its threats in an incomprehensible way. Two clubs marched first because, being state clubs, they already entered with reluctance. Later, the other English clubs, conditioned by the elections, left. Atlético, Inter and Milan also leave. All have unilaterally breached a clause and could end up paying compensation. I am convinced that more than one now regrets having left “.
The president made it very clear that they will not be intimidated by UEFA in any case: “Some officials who neither bet nor risk are going to condition us. We have continued to try dialogue. For thinking or organizing a competition, we must not ask for forgiveness. We must not apologize for wanting to be masters of our destiny. “
Laporta reassured about UEFA's threats to future sanctions: “What will happen? The threats and insurmountable pressure from UEFA even said that they would sanction us not to play the Champions League. We have refused to sign the document that they demanded of us. UEFA has been forced to cancel the file and accept us in the Champions “.
And he dismantled the idea that the Super League will kill the small clubs to benefit only the big ones: “The Super League will be the most attractive competition in the world. This project does not end with LaLiga or the Cup. We only seek solutions and that the government of this competition is from the clubs and not from a monopoly. The Super League is much more supportive than UEFA. They give 180 million to be distributed in five Federations, while the Super League project is 400 million. The competition format will be more attractive for everyone, especially for young people”.
He did not forget to mention PSG and the signing of Wijnaldum when explaining that there are state clubs that are taking advantage of the economic weakness of the rest of the entities due to COVID-19: “What a coincidence that we are going to sign a player and this state club pays him double. That is to adulterate the competition.”
In addition, Laporta had an impact on the economic benefits of the Super League: “We did an in-depth study and for the first time I saw it feasible. First because of the clubs involved, they were the big ones in Europe, and also because of the financing, which amounted to 3,500 million to be distributed. It came at a time when all the clubs were in financial trouble. It represented 700 million more variable income for us. We didn't want it to happen to us like the European Cup, that when we entered the Fairs Cup because we were comfortable, a club had already had six ”.
And about the new Champions League proposed by UEFA, the Blaugrana president did not see it at all clear: “More clubs will enter, the income will be distributed more, but the audiences are falling. This is done by UEFA to win more votes, but not thinking about football, but in the monopoly ”.