Javier Tebas asked the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, to make his position public with regard to a possible European Super League: “I think he should clarify his position because he has actually been in meetings, he has been working and encouraging them to do so.”
“In the documentation that we have of the Superliga a mention appears with the letters 'w01' that clearly refer to Mr. Infantino. I think you should urgently clarify what your position is, him publicly, personally, and say why he attended some meetings and why he encouraged the project in some moments “, he assured AFP and The Sun.
According to the president of LaLiga, it is necessary to separate FIFA as an institution, which has opposed the project, from Infantino himself: “If he publicly says that he rules out this possibility forever, well we'll start to believe it, I at least now have my doubts. “
And continued: “The Super League is still a very clandestine proposal. What is known about her is news from the press except when the president of Barcelona (Josep Maria Bartomeu) spoke about her and the president of Real Madrid (Florentino Pérez) hinted at something in the members' assembly.
The leader indicated who is behind the project of the new competition: “The president of Real Madrid, I don't like to say the club, especially Real Madrid; the owner of Manchester United and also Liverpool, and in Italy, Milan. That is the information we have.”
He also took the opportunity to attack this new model: “It would destroy the balance of the European football ecosystem “. For Thebes, they intend to “kill the current Champions League, because that is what they are looking for, and distribute everything that the Champions League collects” among the clubs that are promoting it.
“This project interests those clubs with American owners or American models, of closed leagues because the only ones that win well are the teams that are corporations, “he added.
By last, Tebas says he is “convinced that he will not leave, among other things because it means entering a war with all the institutions of world football “.