The government of Spain does not support the initiative to create a soccer Super League promoted by several European clubs, including three Spanish clubs, because it understands that it has been conceived and proposed without counting on the representative organizations of this sport, both nationally and internationally. The Minister of Culture and Sports, Jose Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, has held meetings and conversations throughout the day with the most representative parts of Spanish and continental football. Specifically, Rodriguez Uribes has spoken with the presidents of UEFA, RFEF, La Liga de Fútbol Profesional, as well as with the presidents of Fútbol Club Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid, the Spanish teams that support this initiative.
The government of Spain, through its Minister of Culture and Sports, has defended before its interlocutors that it must return to the path of dialogue and agreement in the decision-making and organizational spheres to which these same clubs belong to achieve an agreed solution that is convenient for football and sport, both to national and international organizations and to teams, professionals and fans in general.
The sportsmanship must be demonstrated through the search for a broad agreement. The government has confirmed the willingness of all parties to this dialogue throughout the conversations held today with Minister Rodriguez Uribes and wants it to bear fruit with an agreement that is beneficial to all.
The CSD, “overwhelmed” by the latest news
José Manuel Franco, president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), has recognized in 'El Larguero' of Cadena SER that “the present has overwhelmed us”, in relation to the creation of the Super League. “You can't do this behind your back and against UEFA. No one can allow what belongs to everyone to be patrimonialized. I have spoken with Tebas, Rubiales, the president of UEFA, Real Madrid, Barcelona … and we cannot afford to break the rules that is ruling European football. But I also ask for flexibility from UEFA so that it does not harm the Spanish league, the national team, the sports quarries … If the procedures have to be changed, they should be changed, but in an orderly manner, “he commented.
Franco asks to reach an agreement so that Spanish football does not suffer: “It is very difficult for me to contemplate these scenarios. I can't imagine a World Cup or a European Championship without the best players in the world or the Champions League. It is true that the pandemic has changed everything, it is also true that there are clubs that generate a large amount of income but there are also some rules and no institution should skip them. “