LaLiga and the Madrid City Council They have presented the sharing of the initiatives “#VolverEsGanar” and “#VolveremosSiTuVuelves”, a few hours before the ball rolls again in Vallecas with the 45 minutes pending from Rayo-Albacete.
On the part of the consistory, the mayor of Madrid attended the event, José
Luis Martínez-Almeida; the deputy mayor, Begoña Villacís, and the delegate of Economy, Innovation and Employment of the City Council, Miguel Ángel Redondo. They were also present Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga; Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético de Madrid, and AND
milio Butragueño, Director of Institutional Relations of Real Madrid.
All conglatulated for the work done to face the coronavirus crisis and to make the return of the competition a fact in order to end a season that ended on March 10.
Javier Thebes He was very proud of what he achieved: “It is a very important day for us because it is the almost official opening of LaLiga. And we wanted to do it on this important street for Madrid and for all Spaniards, “he said, adding that” already We can enjoy football again through television and hopefully we will do it again soon in stadiums. You don't have to run, but you don't have to delay it too long either. ”
The president of LaLiga stressed that “football also involves the revival of economic activity. It is one step further. We are very happy to have achieved it and we will be much more if we manage to finish the competition. If we can give Madrid the title of champion, who is here, we will do it, and if we have to give it to any other team, well, we will give it to someone else ”.
Thebes confess that he does not contemplate the scenario of the League not ending. “We do not want it nor do we consider it. As the lawyers say, in the impossible case that this happens, which is not going to happen, we will make the decisions at that time, “he said, adding that” I still do not sleep until the competitions are over, today is one step, the most important from the problem of COVID-19, but we still have to reach the goal that is to finish the competitions ”, he considered.
Asked about himhe attitudes shown by some footballers who have skipped quarantine measures imposed by the health emergency, Thebes said “it is very important not to relax in the more than 30 days we have left. We are here because we have all complied with the health regulations and those that we have imposed by the protocols, “he added.
As for the possibility that as the stages of lack of confinement progress, it may become public at the stadiums, Thebes said that today is not his concern, and recalled that Royal Decree-Law 21/2020, of June 9, published this Wednesday, establishes that it is the Superior Sports Council (CSD) in charge of coordinating prevention and safety in competitions, with the Ministry of Health, the autonomous communities and the leagues.
“It seems to me an appropriate decision, because so far in this state of alarm it has been who has been coordinating our dialogue with Health. If we have arrived here it is thanks to that dialogue and we trust that it will continue in the same way with the CSD and that all of us will take the appropriate decisions for the return when it has to be, ”argued the president of LaLiga.
Although the leader already opined last Sunday that he was in favor of the public being able to return in those stadiums where the regulations allow without waiting for all the territories to reach that possibility, when asked about it again, he said that he does not want to “enter in controversy ”.
“I will not enter into controversy, my opinion is unique but it is not essential for us to all go hand in hand to go towards that normality, “he added.
The maximum leader of LaLiga said that all the clubs are “in agreement” on the protocol to follow for travel to the parties, approved in the Employers' Delegated Commission, which “is already in force.” “There is no problem with any club, quite the contrary, all collaborating one hundred percent because they know that it is very important to play the games,” he explained.
Economic control
As for whether LaLiga will perform any type of special economic control for clubs that have received a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) or if they will be limited by signing, Thebes said that with the economic control system that the employers have, it gives them “the same” if the club has accepted an ERTE or not, since they look at their income capacity and their expense forecasts.
“That has been our policy for seven years, which has led us to reduce the debt to the state to zero and contribute more than 1,300 million euros each year. There will be no change. It will not have to do with the ERTE if you can sign a club or not, but with its expenses ”, settled the president of the professional football clubs association.