The officialization of the European Super League Sunday has been news in every corner of the world and every football lover has spoken out about this tournament which most consider a “disgrace”.
Players, former players and coaches have shown their anger with the monopolization of the biggest teams in the old continent with this tournament that will start from next season.
Ander Herrera, Spanish player of the PSG, Posted on his Instagram account a touching message regarding what he thinks of the Superliga and the damage it could do to the number five sport.
“I fell in love with popular football, the football of the fans, the dream of seeing my heart’s team compete against the biggest. If the European Super League is moving forward, those dreams are over, they are over. the hopes of fans of teams that are not giants to be able to win on the field by competing in the best competitions.
I love football I can’t keep quiet about it, I believe in one Champions League improved, but not in that the rich steal what the people created, which is nothing but the most beautiful sport on the planet, “he posted. Herrera.
Also the exReal Madrid and current footballer of the Fenerbahce, Mesut Ozil, Raised his voice on the subject. “Children dream of World Cup and the Champions, Not with the Superliga. The best thing about big games is that they only happen once or twice a year, not every week, ”he wrote on Twitter.
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In the afternoon, the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, From’ Manchester United, Seemed to be against the idea. In his Instagram profile he shared, adding the mention “dreams can not be bought”, the post of his compatriot of the Wolverhampton Daniel Podence, who expressed his inclination to the current ‘Champions‘Remembering‘ Zidane’s volley ’or the dramatic Champions League final in 1999 in which the Units exceeded Bayern Munich at the time of discount.
the former footballer Luis Figo he also criticized the competition: “This greedy and insensitive move would be a disaster for our roots, for women’s football and for the entire football community as a whole, just to serve the interests of a few owners who do time they stopped caring about their fans and forgot about sporting merit. Tragic “.
The historic coach of the Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, Said that the creation of this tournament is a giant setback in football.
“Talk about one Superliga is to move away from 70 years of European football. Being a player for a provincial team like Dunfermline in the 60s and coaching Aberdeen, winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup for a small Scottish club was like climbing Everest. In my years at Units we play four finals of the Champions League and they were always the most special nights. Fans around the world like the Champions League as it is, “the Scot told Reuters.
Similarly, his expupil in the ‘Red Devils’, Gary Naville legend of England, charged against the sets of the Premier League who will participate in the Superliga and categorized this competition as “a criminal act against fans.”
“I’m a fan of Manchester United and I’ve been for the last 40 years, but I’m annoyed. Especially with the Units and the Liverpool. Liverpool selling the ‘you’ll never walk alone’. United, over a hundred years old, was born thanks to workers in the area. And wanting to go to a league without competition, in which you can’t even go down … It’s an absolute disgrace. Honestly, we have to take away power from the big clubs in this country, ”he began.
“The owners of all these clubs are impostors, it’s pure greed, they’re nobody. They have nothing to do in the football of this country. They are more than a hundred years of history in this country of fans who have lived and loved these clubs and they need to be protected.I have benefited from football, I am not against money, but I defend the principles and ethics of fair competition and that there is a right to the Leicester go to the Champions after winning the First”.
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“He Manchester United, the Let’s wait and the Arsenal they are not even in the Champions League. the Arsenal is chaos of a club and are they waiting for a divine right to enter the European Super League? It’s disgusting. Take away points. Take away their money. Punish them. Seriously, this is very serious, it’s criminal. It is a criminal act against football fans in this country. We are in the middle of a pandemic, an economic crisis, the clubs at the bottom of the national league are retiring and these owners are talking about more money. It is pure greed. It’s an absolute joke, “he concluded Neville for microphones Sky Sports.