“The Super League remains the claim of a single club”

Miguel Ángel Gil MarínCEO of Atlético de Madridoffered an interview on the club’s website where he left an interesting comment on real Madrid for Super League. A project where it started with the help of the whites and other European clubs, but in the first instance they abandoned the ship.

“At that time, it was a project based on a closed league that protects the few and endangers the pyramid of European football. Today it remains the claim of a single club determined to fight the system. I truly believe that the best way to change what you don’t agree with is to do it from the outside, and no matter how big a club is, the only thing that is achieved is to create uncertainties for the television operators and sponsors , and thus is slows down the growth of competitions with current formats”, a response understood as a criticism. of real Madrid because of his behavior now.

To which he added about the established order that “UEFA and RCTrepresenting the system, have adapted their competitions to allow clubs from more countries to participate, thanks to three European competitions: Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. And at the same time, they also got the big clubs to bring in more money.

And it was that Gil Marin Currently he is a member of RCT which is an association representing European clubs. “For many years the clubs did not have an association that represented us before the international organizations. That function was carried out at the time by the G-14, but it was an elitist group that only thought of itself Today, the Association of European Clubs represents almost 800 clubs and all have a voice and have the option to belong to the governing bodies. RCT It is the only association of clubs recognized by international organizations, UEFA and FIFAwhere it has signed agreements that protect clubs and allow them to participate in making decisions that affect the competitions they organize. Before, clubs found out after the fact about UEFA’s agreements with television operators and sponsors, as well as its distribution model. Today, clubs are part of any decision-making, and Nasser Al-Khelaifiits president, manages to include the majority of clubs, regardless of their size, in the same strategy, and at the same time achieves the respect of UEFA and FIFA”.

The CEO of Athletic He is also part of the Executive Committee of UEFA and considering that they manage the current football well. “UEFA is key to maintaining the balance of European football. Your president, Alexander Ceferinhas fully understood the dimension of the organization he leads, the participating clubs and the legislation applicable to the European Union. It continues to work finding a difficult balance between the interests of clubs and federations. From his position, it is important to listen to different sensitivities, but at the same time have the determination to set a standard and apply it.”