Florentino Perez believes that all six English clubs have withdrawn from the Superliga after one of them began to get itchy on the proposals widely condemned.
The Super League is in turmoil just three days after its launch, after all six Premier League teams, as well as Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan, pulled out of the plans that would have made Europe’s top competition “closed shop”. ‘
Mass protests from supporters, experts, players and politicians have led to the apparent disappearance of the league, but Real Madrid president Perez insists he is not dead yet and is only on “stand-by”.
In another explosive and lengthy interview on Wednesday night, in which he again failed to sell anyone under the Super League, he blamed a single Premier League club for the embarrassing failure of the project.
Speaking on Spanish radio station El Larguero, as translated by Guillem Balague, Perez said: “Someone in the English group was not so interested and it was contagious, others were afraid and withdrew.”
When the presenter asked him if the club was City, Perez declined to comment before commenting: “They were never interested.”
In an interview in which Perez complained for the most part that Madrid will no longer be able to sign the biggest stars in the world, such as Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, he wrongly claimed that the Superliga has not yet been disbanded.
Perez claimed that Milan and Juventus are still in competition, despite the fact that both clubs have published official statements announcing their withdrawals on Wednesday.
“The European Super League has not dissolved,” he said. “Juventus, Milan, have not left. Barcelona is reflecting on that. We could consider the top four clubs in each league. The goal is to have more interesting games.
“The Super League is not dead, we will continue to work on this project. It is now on standby.”