Bernd Reichart, CEO of A22, which promotes the Super League, made statements at the breakfast organized by the New Economy Forum. The position of the organizers of the new competition, under the careful supervision of Florentino Pérez and Joan Laporta, Hours after the Prosecutor of the European Union took a stand in favor of UEFA’s theses, he staged the determination of the founders of the Süper Lig to carry it forward.
Reichart made an optimistic comment regarding the Super League, “That’s the Attorney General’s view, but punishment will come in the spring. It is important to explain the legal concept of what is and what will be. Super League is not dead, it is very alive. Our mission is to improve European football competitions, an exciting and necessary mission”.
2023 key
The CEO of the Super League, with Florentino Pérez and Joan Laporta sitting in the front row, spoke out in the face of rumors that the initiative led by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus would be terminated: “I firmly believe that 2023 will be the year when free competition is established in the football world. “You have to unite people in this great passion, that’s my wish,” he said.
Luis Alonso, representative of the Clifford Chance office, who advises the Super League, spoke to Reichart:You have to understand what UEFA is. It is a private association, not officially recognized, has the capacity to self-regulate, and its statutes contain clauses that limit the freedom of clubs. We have an idea of how to deal with this, and that’s what’s at issue at the Court of Justice of the European Union.”
The German repeated a message that Florentino used widely in his appearances: “An 18-year-old boy watches 300 hours of football in FIFA 23 and only 10 hours of real football. A Champions League match generates 10 times more spectators than an insignificant match. We are not satisfied to see the summary on TikTok. We overlook the support of young people for such a proposal. “You have to give the young people what they want,” he said.
Reichart also sent a message to Javier Tebas and UEFA. From the first he said: “Every time the LaLiga president speaks, we learn more about our project. It even talks about a format even though it isn’t. He keeps talking about a project that was closed even though it didn’t exist. General counsel clearly states that it is legal to play, create and participate in other competitions. Nobody talks about not playing in the national leagues. I don’t understand the LaLiga president,” he said, and the institution led by Aleksander Ceferin dedicated these words to him:UEFA establishes the United Nations. There are competitions that question their own legitimacy and keep up with the times.”
At breakfast there was no Andrea Agnelli, the former head of Juventus, who recently stepped down after legal problems at the club over alleged account fraud. He was excused by the organizer’s CEO warning that he would not be able to leave Turin and was replaced by Vincenzo Ampolo.