Gerard Piqué's statements against the European Football Super League, An alternative competition to the Champions League after the resignation this Tuesday of the six English teams that had joined in the beginning (this Wednesday Atlético, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan have also resigned) have been met with criticism by part of the world of tennis.
Piqué wrote the following message after the resignation of the six English teams from the project. “Soccer belongs to the fans. Today more than ever.” However, those words have not sat down well in the world of tennis, especially in French tennis, which is very critical of Piqué. after his company Kosmos reached an agreement with the ITF to change the format of the Davis Cup while France was committed to maintaining the traditional model.
Nicolas Mahut, one of the most prominent French rackets, responded to Piqué with the following message on social networks. “And what about the DAVIS CUP?” Mahut stated. In a similar vein, the Frenchman was also shown Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who shared Piqué's tweet with the message. “And what about tennis and the Davis Cup?”
“The Mahut-Isner has been longer than the Superliga”
The tennis world has also joked about the ephemeral duration of the Super League and several tennis players have shared the tweet of the Daily Mail journalist Mike Dickson in which the following was read: “The Mahut-Isner at Wimbledon has been longer than the European Super League project, how strange.” A tweet that had the response of one of the protagonists, Nicolas Mahut: “Proud of it.”
Nicolas Mahut v John Isner at Wimbledon lasted longer than the Euro Super League project, strange to think.
– Mike Dickson (@Mike_Dickson_DM) April 20, 2021