ESL: La Liga president Javier Tebas says, “No sanction for Real Madrid and Barcelona”
The Super League is dead without the English and German teams.
Javier Tebas said clubs facing merely financial troubles are noticeable but it is concerning to all and it is not that severe on an extinct note. The big clubs should control or curb their spending and on wages and transfer fees.
“The Super League is dead without the English and German teams, let’s be realistic, it’s dead,” Tebas said.
“They cannot create the project they want to create. After 20 years of threatening a Super League, finally, this threat came true and in 48 hours it has disappeared.”
“This isn’t a problem of revenue; these clubs need to reduce their expenses. We don’t need to keep increasing earnings so that players can have seven Ferraris instead of six,” he said.
“This is a problem of distribution. My position is very clear, we don’t need to increase revenues, we just need to manage expenses. We are not ruined financially and we don’t have to take any exceptional measures.”
Perez with the European Super League (ESL) offer wanted to save football clubs from going bankrupt due to the ongoing pandemic situation that the clubs around the world are facing. Clubs are not able to sell match tickets or merchandise.
Tebas have come up to the conclusion to not punish or put sanctions on Spanish clubs yet.
“We are not talking about sanctions,” he said. “Everyone wants to cut people’s heads off.
“We will have to wait and see what happens in the end, but if they defend their position, we will have to consider our options.
“These clubs have been sanctioned by their own fans. Almost everyone in football has said they’re against this, and that is like a reputational sanction.”
“State-owned clubs like Man City and PSG – these clubs need to face some controls,” Tebas said during a virtual news conference on Thursday. “They haven’t done anything outrageous so far, but we will see.”
Barcelona’s president Laporta previously pledge to let the club’s members vote on the project.
“We are keeping a prudent stance,”. “It is a necessity, but our club members will have the final word,” Laporta said.
On the other hand Spanish club, Atletico Madrid conveyed a message to the club’s followers on Wednesday in which they apologized “for the confusion that has been generated in recent days”.
“We couldn’t allow ourselves not to be in that group of clubs that are the main content generators in the world of football,” the letter said.
“However, the conditions and circumstances under which our incorporation into this group was to take place have not been met and, consequently, today we have decided not to finally consolidate our support for the project.”