Michael Platini three-time Ballon d’Or as a footballer and former president of UEFA between 2007 and 2015, He assured in an interview for Le Figaro that “The Super League will come”.
In his prediction, the former French footballer, who was later disqualified by the FIFA Ethics Committee for eight years away from any activity related to football, which cannot avoid the next step in the evolution of the world of football in competitions. “Football will explode with the decision of the European Court of Justice according to which FIFA and UEFA no longer have a monopoly on competitions. Many things will happen, the Super League will be played,” he predicted in relation to the competition in which Real Remains Madrid and FC Barcelona, at least publicly, as the last defenders of that new order. “Many people call me. They are people who, like me, do not like FIFA and UEFA. At first the richest were the football countries that had big stadiums and made money. Now they are the countries that have a lot money and want to invest. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates: Financial fair play is a good thing, to the extent that you have to play with the money you can create between your income and your deficit,” he defended.
In his reflection, Platini dismissed the existence of the Super League “and maybe FIFA or UEFA, although I believe that the national federations and not the clubs will continue to govern them.” “Football is a business, players are a business and clubs are brands,” he radiographed,
The attempt by Alexander Ceferin, president of UEFA, to give a new impetus to the Champions League will not work. “Times are changing. The Super League is inevitable. It is impossible for me at the head of UEFA, after all, the G14 who wants to end football. Nowadays, nobody cares about Ceferin. He made wrong calculations, changed the Champions League just to distribute more games and money to the clubs that want to manage it,” Platini said.
Commenting on the evolution of the game, Platini emphasized that the throne of football did not reach the level of ara led by Leo Messi in response to Cristiano Ronaldo. “Number 10s like me are on the verge of extinction because the coaches decided not to use them anymore. Messi is the last one. And they even put him on the wing… Ronaldinho and Zidane were also lined up on the wing. ” “We had Messi and Cristiano for ten years and now we will have Mbappé-Haaland. I believe in Mbappé more than the Norwegian. Mbappé is the best, but he didn’t impress me. He has talent, even though he- he also misses a lot of goals because he is so fast that Kylian is a company, like all the great players today,” he said, before giving another name from the French team. “I really like Griezmann, real class put at the service of the team, changing roles, putting others first, showing great altruism,” he described.
Everyone is included. He believes that the level of football in general “is much better than in my time, the games are of better quality. But now the best always wins, there is less suspense. This is the natural evolution of football…”, he checked.
Regarding his best memories as head of the French team in the 1980s, Platini pointed to the conquest of the 1984 Euro Cup in the famous final won against Spain and regretted not winning the 1986 World Cup, which lifted Diego’s Argentina Armando Maradona. “These are unforgettable memories, we won the hearts of the French because we were the first winners. The 1984 European Championship was the first trophy for a team sport in our country, but we should also have won the 1986 World Cup because we are the best team”, he said.
Finally, he defended his own reputation after being removed from football management positions. “It is my duty to correct and be a role model because I represent something. I want to clear my name of all the false accusations against me. My family suffered a lot, the goal was to get me out of the institutions and they achieved it, but I have many ideas and, without However, they do not define roles in football clubs or institutions,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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