Real Madrid proposed a policy for Javier Tebas during the Superleague talks
Silence reigns in European football. This was the line from the institutions that control this game as the Superleague will end this week, after Barcelona announced last Saturday that it will leave the competition, and Real Madrid announced its closure following an agreement with UEFA and ECA (European Clubs Association).
This decision comes within five years of the announcement of the competition, before it ends. For most of its life, it only included Real Madrid and Barcelona, and it never went down. During that time there were changes in UEFA as well, changing the structure of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, as well as increasing the prize money.
Ceferin: ‘I’m happy that Real Madrid and Barcelona have joined the family again’
When opening the UEFA conference, President Aleksander Ceferin called for a ‘bright’ future for football, and highlighted the union and unity of its bodies as a big factor in that. He also revealed the agreement to end the Superleague.
“I am happy that Real Madrid and Barcelona have rejoined our family. We had a disagreement with Florentino Pérez, but we have never lost respect for each other and we have never lost our love for this game. Only football wins, no one else. Dear Nasser. [Al-Khelaifi]he had a big hand in everything that happened,” said Diario AS.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi – ‘If you think Florentino is lost, you are stupid’
Ceferin referred there to Al-Khelaifi, CEO of Paris Saint-Germain and President of the European Clubs Association. He was bullish after the deal, and heaped praise on Real Madrid President Florentino Perez and Barcelona teammate Joan Laporta.
“I want to thank everyone, all the parties involved in this historic agreement. To the president of UEFA, who does a lot every day in European football, a very wise and humble leader. And then, to Florentino Perez, a very nice and intelligent man, visionary, someone who always tries to move things forward, to improve them. And if anyone says or thinks that he knows nothing about football today, and he has lost a lot. that we all win, no one the loser,” Marca recounted.
“I believe that today President Perez is a much bigger and better person, as he has led Real Madrid to do what is most beneficial to European football. Thank you very much, indeed, and thank you for placing your trust in me.”
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“President Laporta has shown great courage and leadership, and he deserves a lot of respect. In today’s final agreement, dialogue has overcome division. I have believed in this peace process for a long time, but this morning we didn’t know if it would happen or not.”
Real Madrid are serious about La Liga’s Champions League salary caps
Back in Spain, the President of La Liga, Javier Tebas, was determined to paint the end of the Superleague as a defeat for Perez. However, during the talks, it was Perez who reportedly brought up the idea of Tebas’ most controversial policy, the salary cap in La Liga. Diario AS says that was one of the issues raised by Real Madrid during the talks, with the aim of reducing ‘certain state-backed clubs’. That was the point of agreement between the three that there should be an effective ‘fair play’ system.
Another point of discussion was ‘stopping transfers that only benefit players and agents’. One of the main arguments of the Superleague was the implementation of free games on a bespoke platform, and the use of technology to make football cheaper was another topic, while any idea of a closed system, the original concept of the Superleague was abandoned. Notably, although it is said that all these things were discussed during the negotiations, it is not clear what agreements Real Madrid came up with.
