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while a England many important footballers and coaches of the clubs involved in the creation of the European Super League they were clearly opposed, in Spain, Those of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid they kept silent. None spoke out until the project began to falter when it became known that the six teams of the Premier League they withdrew and the only thing to do was Gerard Piqué.
“Football belongs to the fans. Today more than ever,” the third Barça captain wrote in English on his Twitter account a few minutes after the rift erupted from the Premier League.
Football belongs to the fans. Today more than ever.
– Gerard Piqué (@ 3gerardpique) April 20, 2021
Your message he was applauded by many of his followers, But it has also received a lot of criticism. One of the reasons was because it came too late, when the project Superliga it has been almost sunk, but also because the circumstance occurs that Piqué, through his company Cosmos, Was the promoter of the format change of the Davis Cup of tennis that ended the possibility that in the final phase the eliminatory ones between countries would be disputed in their respective nations. For this reason, they consider the position of the Catalan central hypocrite, especially fans of the sport of racquetball.
It is difficult to take the tweet of # Piqué linked to the identity of a sport when its business group, in line with the ITF and after a million-dollar disbursement, ended up with a historic format of #CopaDavis which created the true spirit of competition. https://t.co/48yThVeJpt
– Sebastián Torok (@sebatorok) April 21, 2021
Tennis also belonged to the Argentines who filled the stands in Córdoba, to the French who filled Lille, to the Australians who filled Adelaide, to the Serbs who filled Belgrade and to those who took the Davis Cup off their feet.
Neither forgetfulness nor forgiveness. https://t.co/3fFHmXG72B
– Carlos Navarro (@ TheMagician5GS) April 20, 2021
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Piqué ruined the Davis Cup for those of us who are tennis fans, so if I find the current position with the Super League a bit hypocritical.
– Paquito (@ FranciscoFCB97) April 20, 2021
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