The owner of Inter Miami has spoken out against the new competition and his opinion has received the approval of several players
James Rodriguez, Luis Figo Yes Marcelo, players related to real Madrid, they gave him ‘That’ to a publication of David Beckham, owner of Inter Miami and with a meringue past, in which he showed his position against European Super League, a tournament proposed by Florentino Pérez, the president of the Spanish team.
“I’m someone who loves football. It’s been my life for as long as I can remember. I’ve loved it since I was a little boy when I was a fan and I’m still a fan,” he wrote. Beckham, who accompanied the publication with a photo with the fans Miami Inter. “As a player and now as an owner I know that our sport is nothing without fans. We need football to be for everyone. We need football to be fair and we need merit-based competitions.
“If we don’t protect these values, the game we love is in danger.”
This publication has caused controversy because Beckham had a go through real Madrid in the first stage of Florentino Pérez as president of Merengues, who led him during the “Galactics”. It seems that the opinion of the businessman was supported with ‘Likes’ from his ex-partner, Luis Figo, Besides James Rodriguez, who played for him real Madrid in two stages, from 2014 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2020 and from Marcelo, footballer who has been part of the meringue since 2007.
Florentino Pérez is the main promoter of European Super League, a tournament that, in the words of the president real Madrid, seeks to save football from the crisis left by the coronavirus pandemic in the last year. However, this competition has been controversial, as only 20 teams are considered to participate, of which 15 are fixed, and the remaining five places are distributed according to the performance of the season.