Madrid, Barça and Juventus raise their voices and speak of “coercion”

The Super League issued a statement in which it deeply regrets UEFA's “coercion” against the three founding clubs of the tournament that have not yet withdrawn, Madrid, Barça and Juve.. In addition, they recall that his opening of the sanctioning file is a “flagrant breach of the decision of the courts of justice”, which is why he maintains his idea of ​​going all the way in the matter.

“The F.C. Barcelona, ​​Juventus of Turin and Real Madrid C. F. want to express their most absolute rejection of the insistent coercion that UEFA has been maintaining towards three of the greatest institutions in the history of football. Likewise, this attitude is alarming in flagrant breach of the decision of the courts of justice, which have already made a clear statement warning UEFA to refrain from taking any action against the founding clubs of the Super League while the judicial procedure is being processed.

Therefore, the opening of a disciplinary file by UEFA is completely incomprehensible, and directly undermines the rule of law that we citizens of the European Union have democratically built. Furthermore, it constitutes a lack of respect for the authority of the courts of justice themselves “says the statement.

In addition, he insists on his idea of ​​improving football with a new consensual competition. “From the beginning, the Super League has been promoted with the aim of improving the situation of European football, always in permanent dialogue with UEFA and with the aim of continuing to increase interest in this sport and offer the fans the best possible spectacle. All this, in a framework of sustainability and solidarity, especially in the economic situation of maximum risk such as that experienced by most European clubs.

However, instead of studying how to modernize football in open dialogue, UEFA wants us to withdraw the legal proceedings that, how could it be otherwise, question its monopoly of European football “.

The note also says that they will not back down despite UEFA's veiled threat to sanction them: “Barca, Juve and Madrid, centenary clubs, will not yield to any type of coercion or intolerable pressure and continue to show their firm will to debate, from dialogue and respect, the urgent solutions that the world of football demands today. Either we modernize football, or we will witness its inevitable ruin. “