The president of Real Madrid will be accompanied at the top of the organization chart by leaders of Manchester United, Liverpool and Juventus
Real Madrid captain Florentino Pérez was announced as the founding president of the European Super League, A tournament that does not have the endorsement of FIFA and UEFA but threatens to break the status quo of organized football, and will be joined by vice presidents such as Manchester United president Joel Glazer, Liverpool owner John W. Henry, Arsenal’s Stan Kroeken, and Juventus’ Andrea Agnelli.
“Our twelve founding clubs represent billions of fans around the world and 99 European trophies. We have come together at this critical time, allowing European competition to transform, putting the game we love on a sustainable basis for the future at long-term, substantially increasing solidarity and giving fans and amateur players a regular stream of headline matches that fuel their passion for the game while providing them with attractive role models, “said Andrea Angelli, Juventus president and vice-president of the Superleague.
The teams of each of the managers published the statement announcing the creation of the Superliga, which boasts 12 founding clubs, Which will seek to compete, from August, in a tournament in which a total of 20 sets will participate.
The most powerful teams in the world came together, regardless of the threats from FIFA and UEFA, which they say will leave out of competition the teams that join the tournament, Which is scheduled to play on weekdays.
The announcement was made via the internet and each founding club will receive three thousand three-500 million euros to participate, in addition to which the competition is expected to generate 10 billion euros in each championship.