The president of Real Madrid will be joined at the top of the organization by leaders from 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 endorsed by FIFA and UEFA, but threatens to break through the status quo of organized football, and is joined by vice-presidents such as Joel Glazer, president of Manchester United, owner of Liverpool, John W. Henry, Stan Kroeken of Arsenal and Andrea Agnelli of Juventus
“Our twelve founding clubs represent billions of fans around the world and 99 European trophies. We have come together at this critical moment, which can transform European competition, give the game we love a sustainable foundation for the long-term future, greatly increase solidarity and have fans and amateur players a regular stream of headline matches offerings that feed their passion for the game and offer them attractive role models, ”said Andrea Angelli, president of Juventus and vice president of the Super League.
The teams of each of the directors published the statement announcing the creation of the Super League, which presupposes 12 founding clubs, who will try to participate in a tournament in which a total of 20 teams will participate from August.
The most powerful teams in the world came together regardless of threats from FIFA and UEFA, which they say will leave the teams participating in the tournament from all competitions., which is scheduled to be played during the week.
The announcement was made online and each founding club will receive EUR 3.5 billion for participation, in addition to the competition expected to generate EUR 10 billion per championship.