The president of Real Madrid will be accompanied at the head of the organization of leaders of Manchester United, Liverpool and Juventus
Real Madrid boss Florentino Pérez has been announced as the founding president of the European Super League, a tournament that is not supported by FIFA and UEFA, but threatens to break the status quo of organized football and will be joined by vice-presidents such as Joel Glazer, Manchester United president, Liverpool owner John W. Henry, Arsenal’s Stan Kroeken and Juventus’ Andrea Agnelli.
“Our twelve founding clubs represent billions of fans around the world and 99 European trophies. We came together at this critical time, allowing the European competition to transform, putting the game we love on a sustainable footing for the long-term future, substantially increasing solidarity and giving fans and amateur players a regular stream of title matches. their passion for the game while providing them with attractive models, ”said Andrea Angelli, president and vice-president of Juventus’ Super League.
The teams of each of the directors published the statement in which they announced the creation of the Super League, in which 12 founding clubs are supposed, which will seek to compete, starting in August, in a tournament in which a total of 20 teams will participate.
The strongest teams in the world have come together, regardless of the threats of FIFA and UEFA, which they say will leave the teams joining the tournament out of any competition., which is scheduled to be played during the week.
The announcement was made online and each founding club will receive 3.5 billion euros for participation, in addition to the fact that the competition is expected to generate 10 billion euros in each championship.